Top tech firms have signed accord to ‘self-police’ AI development, Trump says

Top tech firms have signed accord to ‘self-police’ AI development, Trump says By Christopher Rugaber, Will Weissert and Meg Kinnard The Associated Press September 29, 2026 - 2:27 pm President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he and a broad coalition of artificial‑intelligence industry leaders had signed a voluntary agreement calling for internal and external oversight during a White House meeting intended to ease public concerns about the technology. “I think I'm seeing tremendous self-policing. And they recognize that they have to self-police,” Trump told reporters during an impromptu press conference outside the West Wing. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson met with leading executives from the top technology firms that are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out AI infrastructure, including data centers in communities across the state that have sparked grassroots, bipartisan opposition. The group included chief executives who have urged a slowdown in the development of the technology after several high‑profile episodes in which AI agents have gone rogue. Trump repeatedly praised the executives for developing a technology that he said would produce “unbelievable growth.” Investment in data centers and the accompanying computer equipment has accelerated the economy and boosted the stock market, which has swollen retirement accounts for higher‑income Americans and lifted their spending. Yet there were some notes of caution Tuesday. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, who has been one