Donald Trump hosted senior technology executives at the White House to discuss artificial intelligence, presenting the meeting as a gathering of leaders building America’s future. It matters because the summit addressed growing calls for stronger oversight and the risks of rapid AI development, while Trump continued to back swift industry expansion.

Trump said the companies had signed a voluntary, “morally binding” agreement to take responsibility for their systems’ safety, add safeguards, fix problems quickly and work with independent auditors; he also said he would establish an AI safety board, without naming its members. The signatories included leaders from Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceX and Nvidia. Trump also defended data-centre construction despite local concerns about electricity use and community impacts: a recent poll found 65% of registered voters opposed data centres in their area.