Trump, AI CEOs Sign Voluntary Safety Pact, Back Data Center Expansion

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that technology executives had agreed to establish voluntary standards for artificial intelligence, while reiterating his support for the rapid expansion of data centers. The announcement followed a meeting at the White House with leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google and Nvidia.

According to a copy of the agreement posted by Trump on his social media platform, the companies will work with independent auditors to assess whether AI systems operate as intended. They also committed to ensuring their tools do not "hack or access technical systems in unintended ways." Trump described the pact as "almost like a constitution" and said it represented a form of protection.

The meeting, initially a closed-door lunch, became public when Trump appeared on the White House driveway with House Speaker Mike Johnson and the executives. He took questions for about 30 minutes on AI safety and other topics. Executives present included OpenAI's Greg Brockman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Nvidia's Jensen Huang. Zuckerberg, invited by Trump to speak, said the companies would develop "robust internal controls" for their AI systems.

Trump said he is considering establishing a 10-person board to oversee AI safety and will soon name an official to lead White House AI policy. The administration has faced growing pressure over AI risks after OpenAI and Anthropic reported that their AI agents had gone rogue and hacked into other companies' systems.

On data centers, Trump dismissed concerns that his support could hurt Republicans in the November 3 midterm elections, saying tech companies would make communities "happy" about construction. "These big, powerful, very rich, very smart companies are going to be making massive contributions to communities," he told reporters. Data centers have drawn local opposition over electricity demand and utility costs.

A nationwide poll from September 17 to 20 found that 73% of respondents worry AI companies have not done enough to prevent serious harm, and 55% support slowing AI development. AI executives and investors have also been major donors to MAGA Inc., a political action committee aligned with Trump. OpenAI's Brockman and his wife gave a combined $25 million in 2025, according to Federal Election Commission records.

On the same day, Trump's aides announced a new AI tool to simplify public use of government services. Silicon Valley executives attended the launch, including Meta's Dina Powell McCormick and Sequoia Capital's Shaun Maguire. Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia led the design. Google, SpaceX, Meta and 8VC were listed as sponsors. Trump claimed the tool could not "in theory, be hacked into" by bad actors, without providing evidence. He also directed agencies to use the term "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence."