U.S. President Donald Trump held a meeting at the White House with the heads of American technology companies developing artificial intelligence. Industry participants signed a self-regulation document stipulating that companies will monitor compliance with safety measures themselves, rather than being subject to state oversight.

The event was attended by Anthropic head Dario Amodei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Google head Sundar Pichai, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Meta* head Mark Zuckerberg, and SpaceX/xAI CEO Elon Musk.

According to The New York Times, the document is one page long and calls for risk assessments, audits, and model evaluations by independent organizations. The agreement lacks official status, and no mechanism for monitoring its implementation has been defined. Responding to a question about the document's binding nature, Trump said he considers it "morally binding." The meeting participants also agreed to use the term "superintelligence" instead of "AI."

Trump stated that the companies "will keep each other in check." According to Amodei, specific regulations for the industry are still being discussed. Huang noted that the technology must be developed "responsibly and safely." Zuckerberg described the agreement as an initial stage—though not the industry's only step—while Pichai characterized the moment as "historic."

At the same time, the US administration announced the launch of the AI-powered government service America.gov. It will aggregate data from "thousands" of government agencies and guide users on how to access various government services.

The debate over the pace of AI development intensified on September 8, when Anthropic researcher Jacob Jackson left the company, citing concerns that the technology would "spin out of control." Four days later, Amodei published an essay urging leading companies to collaborate and slow down AI development. Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, and Demis Hassabis supported this position. Trump dismissed concerns about AI safety as a "hoax" and attempts to slow progress as a "conspiracy," stating that the U.S. must maintain its leadership in this field.

*Meta has been designated an extremist organization in Russia and banned.