Here’s what AI leaders are saying about Trump’s new safety plan

President Trump hosted a private meal with leaders of major technology companies and then invited them to speak at a White House question-and-answer session about artificial intelligence. At the event he recast the technology as 'Super Intelligence' and argued that industry executives could police AI development themselves rather than rely on federal regulation, citing U.S. companies’ competitive position relative to China. The six executives in attendance — Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of XAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia — signed what the White House described as the Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities. The pledge was characterized in coverage as “morally binding” and frames safety measures as a set of common-sense, self-regulatory practices without specified enforcement mechanisms. Each of the signees offered public comments at the event endorsing the industry-led approach. Company leaders highlighted potential benefits such as economic growth, job creation, medical advances, and broader societal gains, while also acknowledging risks associated with advanced AI and the need for cooperative safety work. Trump prompted the executives to speak to reporters and framed the accord as a historic step. The event and the voluntary nature of the Joint Commitment mark a clear pivot from proposals for legally binding federal AI guardrails toward a model in which major developers commit to internal safety practices. Coverage of the session includes a roughly 30-minute video of the Q&A and reporters’ accounts of remarks from each executive about both the promise and risks of advanced AI systems.