Six major AI companies sign White House self-regulation safety commitments
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After a dinner with tech leaders, Trump said there will be no federal AI regulation and the industry will instead self-police. Pichai, Amodei, Zuckerberg, Brockman, Musk and Jensen Huang signed the morally binding Joint Frontier Responsibility Commitments. The pledge requires companies to self-regulate AI according to common-sense guidelines, with no apparent real consequences for violations; the six signatories each commented in support afterward, and Amodei said mechanisms for addressing AI risks are still under discussion.
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After a dinner with tech leaders, Trump said there will be no federal AI regulation and the industry will instead self-police. Pichai, Amodei, Zuckerberg, Brockman, Musk and Jensen Huang signed the morally binding Joint Frontier Responsibility Commitments. The pledge requires companies to self-regulate AI according to common-sense guidelines, with no apparent real consequences for violations; the six signatories each commented in support afterward, and Amodei said mechanisms for addressing AI risks are still under discussion.