Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the heads of the largest US tech and AI companies had signed on to a \u201cmorally binding\u201d agreement to put controls on artificial intelligence. He announced the deal, called the Joint Commitment On Frontier Responsibilities, following a White House luncheon with top tech executives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s almost like a constitution in a way, and the biggest \u200bpeople in the world signed that, and \u200bI signed it as president, and it really \u2060is a form of protection,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
Trump also signed an executive order renaming artificial intelligence to \u201csuperintelligence\u201d, similar to a declaration he made at the United Nations last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Order directs all departments and agencies to use the terms \u2018Super Intelligence\u2019 and \u2018SI\u2019 in official correspondence, public communications, policy documents, and non-statutory documents within the executive branch and to no longer acknowledge the terms \u2018Artificial Intelligence\u2019 or \u2018AI\u2019,\u201d the order declared.<\/p>\n
The agreement, which Trump suggested would allow the companies to perform \u201ctremendous self-policing\u201d of their products and technologies, outlines a vague framework for how AI firms would establish safety standards as they test out new products. The tech industry has faced increased public scrutiny following a series of incidents where major AI companies inadvertently hacked into outside organizations during safety tests.<\/p>\n
While lawmakers, AI researchers and even some AI companies have called for more government oversight of artificial intelligence, Trump has broadly rejected calls for more regulation of the technology \u2013 citing competition with China and threats to economic growth.<\/p>\n
The joint commitment that Trump posted to his Truth Social account on Tuesday appears to carry no enforcement mechanisms or legal implications and is instead a voluntary commitment.<\/p>\n
The document outlines four \u201clayers of controls and audits\u201d for AI companies. The first involves implementing internal safety monitoring during training \u2013 something that already exists at major labs and has failed to prevent testing failures thus far. The second calls for empowering an internal team to make sure the first layer of monitoring is operating correctly, while the third agrees to give an external auditor the ability to independently assess safety controls. Finally, the agreement calls for companies to designate an independent board to review reports about those safety controls.<\/p>\n
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