Six AI leaders sign voluntary commitment on frontier model controls

Donald Trump posted "White House Accord on Super Intelligence - Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities" on Truth Social on 29 September 2026, as a post with two attached images and no text of its own.

White House Accord on Super Intelligence / Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities

The signature page lists Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, and Sundar Pichai, Google; Dario Amodei, Anthropic; Mark Zuckerberg, Meta; Greg Brockman, OpenAI; Elon Musk, XAI; and Jensen Huang, Nvidia.

Sundar Pichai Google / Dario Amodei Anthropic / Mark Zuckerberg Meta / Greg Brockman OpenAI / Elon Musk XAI / Jensen Huang Nvidia / Donald J. Trump President of the Unites States

The text says "we believe every company is responsible for developing its own technology safely and in a way that builds trust with customers and the public."

we believe every company is responsible for developing its own technology safely and in a way that builds trust with customers and the public.

The text says "we believe each company should implement the following four layers of controls and audits".

we believe each company should implement the following four layers of controls and audits

Layer 1 reads "Implement robust internal controls to monitor the capabilities and alignment of its models during training and deployment around areas like cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical threats, and to ensure that its models do not hack or access technical systems in unintended ways."

(1) Implement robust internal controls to monitor the capabilities and alignment of its models during training and deployment around areas like cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical threats, and to ensure that its models do not hack or access technical systems in unintended ways.

Layer 2 reads "Empower an internal team to ensure all of the controls, monitoring, and detection are operating as intended, and that any issues are remediated."

(2) Empower an internal team to ensure all of the controls, monitoring, and detection are operating as intended, and that any issues are remediated.

Layer 3 reads "Partner with an independent external auditor or evaluator to carry out independent assessments of whether the controls, monitoring, and detection are operating as intended."

(3) Partner with an independent external auditor or evaluator to carry out independent assessments of whether the controls, monitoring, and detection are operating as intended.

Layer 4 reads "Designate an independent committee of the board of directors to oversee and receive reports from the teams operating the controls and the internal and external auditors and evaluators, as well as to ensure any issues identified are remediated."

(4) Designate an independent committee of the board of directors to oversee and receive reports from the teams operating the controls and the internal and external auditors and evaluators, as well as to ensure any issues identified are remediated.

The text says "The participating companies will meet regularly to establish standards and best practices to improve the safety of their systems."

The participating companies will meet regularly to establish standards and best practices to improve the safety of their systems.

The text says "Over time, it may make sense to codify these steps into laws or regulations. Regardless of whether this is required of companies, we believe that implementing these controls and audits is critical to ensuring a safe future for everyone, and each of our companies are committed to doing this."

Over time, it may make sense to codify these steps into laws or regulations. Regardless of whether this is required of companies, we believe that implementing these controls and audits is critical to ensuring a safe future for everyone, and each of our companies are committed to doing this.

The text of the commitment states no penalty or enforcement mechanism.

Together, these steps will give each company, its customers, and the public confidence that the technology is operating as intended.

The White House gallery page for 29 September 2026 captions its photographs "President Donald J. Trump hosts a luncheon on Super Intelligence (AI) in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, September 29, 2026." The page names no attendees and does not mention the commitment.

President Donald J. Trump hosts a luncheon on Super Intelligence (AI) in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, September 29, 2026.