Sources: Trump's AI accord grew out of a talk between Zuckerberg and House Speaker Mike Johnson; Zuckerberg circulated a draft, and Huang helped build support (Ashley Gold/Semafor)

President Donald Trump's pact with the AI industry originated from a conversation between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and House Speaker Mike Johnson at a state dinner for Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Zuckerberg discussed regulatory concerns around AI with Johnson and then spoke with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about creating a set of principles for tech executives to use in their next meeting with Trump.

Zuckerberg circulated a draft of the principles ahead of the meeting, and Huang helped gather support for it among industry executives. The resulting document, released by Trump as the "White House Accord on Super Intelligence," outlines broad principles for self-regulation in the AI industry. The accord was signed by executives from companies including Meta, Nvidia, and xAI, but not by all tech leaders who attended the meeting, such as Microsoft and Amazon.

The agreement includes commitments to work with independent auditors to assess AI systems and ensure they do not "hack or access technical systems in unintended ways." Trump described the document as "morally binding" for the executives who signed it and likened it to a "constitution." The accord was announced after a meeting between Trump and AI executives at the White House.

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