President Trump signed a voluntary AI safety accord with leaders from major technology companies during a White House luncheon on Tuesday.

The one-page document, titled the "White House Accord on Superintelligence: A Joint Commitment on Frontier SI Responsibilities," outlines commitments to four layers of controls and audits. These include internal evaluations by the companies, external audits by independent firms, and reviews by each company's board of directors.

Trump described the agreement as "morally binding" when asked about its enforceability. "It's almost like a constitution, in a way," he said, noting that the largest players in the industry signed it alongside him. "I think I'm seeing tremendous self-policing, and they understand that they have to self-police."

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who attended the meeting, called the accord a "statement of principles" and "voluntary" commitments by the industry to implement robust internal controls. He emphasized the importance of oversight and transparency from the companies themselves.

Attendees included Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Sundar Pichai of Google, Satya Nadella of Microsoft, and Lisa Su of AMD, among others.

Trump indicated the group discussed forming a 10-person committee to oversee the enterprise and said he plans to name an "AI czar" within the next three or four days. The president has repeatedly stressed that the U.S. government will not impose regulations that stifle the development of what he calls "super intelligence," arguing it represents a technology bigger than the Industrial Revolution and that America must maintain its lead over competitors like China.

The move comes amid growing public and industry concerns over AI safety following several incidents involving advanced models. Companies committed to self-regulation while existing federal enforcement through agencies like the Department of Justice and FBI remains in place.