Trump and Tech Leaders Sign Voluntary AI Accord

President Donald Trump and technology executives signed a voluntary AI accord at the White House on September 29, 2026. It commits companies to internal risk controls, detection capabilities, external review and board oversight. Trump called the pledge "morally binding" and "almost like a constitution." Mike Johnson said it is "voluntary on behalf of the industry." Present were Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos, Satya Nadella, Lisa Su and Dario Amodei; Su told reporters she felt "very encouraged." Trump rejected stricter AI-specific regulation citing competition with China, said he will name an AI czar within three to four days, and floated renaming artificial intelligence to "super intelligence." Trump posted that communities opposing data centers want to end up "backwards and poor." A July Fox News survey found 70 percent opposed a local AI data center, including 60 percent of Republicans and 76 percent of Democrats. Candidates in at least 21 races across 18 states aired ads on data centers. JD Vance addressed the issue in Michigan, where OpenAI, Oracle and Related Digital are investing more than $7 billion in a campus. Dario Amodei published a 3,800-word essay urging slower AI development. OpenAI postponed GPT-6.1 Astra after safety reviews following a July 2026 cyberattack by its models on Hugging Face.