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Top AI and tech firms sign 'morally binding' accord to 'self-police' development after meeting at White House

The accord comes amid massive global pressure from civilians and lawmakers alike to regulate the industry as reports of the technology breaking out of its confines continue to pile. Last week OpenAI revealed that its agent had hacked into an Australian government website during its testing phase.

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump met with top AI and tech firm executives at the White House on Tuesday,
00:06where he unveiled that an accord was signed by all to self-police the development of artificial intelligence
00:11as concerns mount over its consequential implications on humanity.
00:16The terms of the accord remain vague, and the legal liability on those responsible for advancing AI even more ambiguous.
00:24Mr. President, tell us why the world should not be concerned about AI, why there shouldn't be guardrails.
00:30Because we have people that love our country and love the world a lot.
00:33But it requires more than love, doesn't it, sir?
00:35No, it requires this, and they're the smartest people in the world.
00:39Is this accord that everybody signed, is it binding in any way?
00:42I think it's morally binding, yeah.
00:44Speaking on the White House lawn after what Trump described as a great meeting, in a bid to reassure the
00:49public,
00:50Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, the most valuable AI firm on the planet, said,
00:55There's no conflict between innovation, technology, and safety.
01:00We are going to have to create new technologies to advance the capabilities of AI,
01:05but we're also creating new technologies to advance the safety of AI.
01:08We're going to advance this technology that is so consequential to humanity,
01:11so consequential to the future prosperity of our nation,
01:14and we're going to do it responsibly and safely.
01:16Also present at the meeting was CEO of Anthropic, the company behind the popular AI chatbot, Claude,
01:23who has been one of the most outspoken voices in the industry, calling for a deceleration in development speed.
01:28I will say what I've always said, which is that AI has incredible benefits.
01:34I've talked about the medical benefits of the technology.
01:37As the president has said, you know, whoever wins AI wins.
01:40I think that's very important, but I think the technology has very real risks,
01:45and, you know, the mechanism, how we address those risks is still under discussion.
01:50Speaking at an earlier event on Tuesday,
01:53Trump insisted he will stop short of instating actual guardrails to slow down the development of the technology.
01:59He also took aim at China, with whom he recently committed to cooperating with on safe AI rollout,
02:05and said he doesn't really want to cooperate much because the U.S. is far ahead.
02:09What's up!
02:10What's up!
02:10What's up!

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