Trump's meeting with tech leaders leaves AI safety more unsettled than ever

US President Donald Trump speaks with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the White House driveway following a luncheon for tech leaders in the East Room, in Washington, D.C., US, Sept. 29, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersAfter President Donald Trump's lunch with AI leaders on Tuesday, the leading artificial intelligence companies are right where they were before: policing themselves. Trump hosted top execs from Alphabet, Meta, SpaceX, Nvidia, Palantir, Anthropic, OpenAI, and other companies following a three-week stretch during which the topic of AI safety turned into an intense nationwide debate, with leading industry researchers and executives warning of the extreme threats posed by the most powerful models. But while the concerns voiced this month by the likes of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have led many policymakers and industry experts to demand government regulation, Trump has steadfastly opposed any such moves, and called AI fears a "hoax." On Tuesday, Trump brought leaders to the White House to sign a two-page document, including one with signatures, that he shared on his Truth Social account. It was titled, "White House Accord on Super Intelligence: Joint Commitment on Frontier Resp...