A "morally binding" agreement signed at the White House, and a ten-person committee under consideration

Trump has brought together AI leaders around a text without legal force, described by Mike Johnson as a declaration of voluntary principles.

A luncheon hosted on September 29 at the White House by Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson concluded with the signing of a document that the president himself described as "morally binding" — a formula that says enough that it has no legal significance. Mike Johnson presented it as a voluntary declaration of principles on the part of the industry, with the White House reserving a guiding role.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said he saw "considerable self-regulation" and raised the possibility of a 10-person committee to oversee the industry. He reiterated that the government did not intend to slow down the development of the models, after having in the past described fears about the safety of AI as a "scam".

Dario Amodei, Jensen Huang and Elon Musk were present. When he was released, the head of Anthropic maintained his reservations: the rules intended to deal with risks remain, according to him, "still under discussion". His position is in line with that of Sam Altman, both of whom are calling for a slowdown as incidents orchestrated by agents multiply — a front that opposes them both to part of the industry and to the executive.