White House Releases ‘Accord’ Between Billionaire AI Execs: Here’s What It Says

0:28Life is all about making decisions. The White House released the text of an accord reached between billionaire AI titans who met with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, an agreement the president labeled morally binding, even as he stopped short of saying the government would support new guardrails. The White House Accord on Superintelligence is just over 300 words and includes, quote, four layers of controls and audits companies voluntarily agreed to. The first is implementing, quote, robust internal controls to monitor the capabilities and alignment of models in areas like cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical threats, and to ensure that its models do not hack or access technical systems in unintended ways.

1:15The second component calls for internal teams to monitor systems and correct issues if needed, while the third calls for, quote, an independent external auditor or evaluator to carry out independent assessments of whether the controls, monitoring and detection are operating as intended. The final guideline says companies should form, quote, an independent committee of the board of directors to receive reports from internal teams and external evaluators and make necessary corrections in response. The document's final paragraph notes, quote, over time, it may make sense to codify these steps into laws or regulations.

1:54Trump, who has repeatedly resisted calls to slow down AI development despite dire warnings from those in the industry, said after Tuesday's meeting, quote, there is a belief there should be tremendous self-regulation, calling it, quote, very important. When asked about the need for more formal guardrails, Trump dismissed concerns regarding potential AI misuse by bad actors, asserting that, quote, we have people who love our country and the world. Furthermore, when a reporter pressed whether protecting humanity from AI demands more than love alone, he responded simply, quote, no. Also on Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming artificial intelligence to superintelligence, and the executive branch will no longer, quote, acknowledge the usage of artificial intelligence and AI in any applicable setting.

2:46For more on this story and to read the full text, check out the article at the link in the description.

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