Trump and major AI executives sign "morally binding" voluntary controls

September 29, 2026 / 4:23 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google President Trump and the leaders of the country's largest artificial intelligence companies have signed a set of voluntary safety standards, the president and House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday, as calls mount for tighter guardrails on powerful AI technology."It's almost like a constitution, in a way," Mr. Trump said while flanked by SpaceX's Elon Musk, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and a throng of other tech executives.Following a lunch meeting at the White House, Johnson said the group signed an accord on "super intelligence" — Mr. Trump's preferred term for AI. He described it as a "joint commitment" and "statement of principles" that will voluntarily hold the companies to "robust internal controls."Asked if the deal was binding, Mr. Trump said: "I think it's morally binding.""I think I'm seeing tremendous self-policing, and they understand that they have to self-police," the president later said.This is a breaking story; it will be updated. Tech leaders to meet with Trump amid ramped-up concern over AI 02:37 Tech leaders to meet with Trump amid ramped-up concern over AI (02:37)