Trump Repeals AI Risk Order and Signs Voluntary Safety Pact

President Donald Trump has shifted federal policy toward rapid artificial intelligence growth by repealing a Biden-era executive order on AI risks and blocking states from imposing their own regulations. To replace mandated oversight, Trump hosted tech executives at the White House to sign a voluntary safety pact for what the administration now calls Super Intelligence. The agreement, signed by OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, SpaceXAI, and Nvidia, encourages labs to establish internal monitoring teams but lacks detailed safety measures or government-mandated transparency.

While venture capitalists and AI founders in San Francisco praised the hands-off approach as a way to increase profits and maintain a competitive edge over China, critics warn that self-regulation is an insufficient substitute for hard law. These concerns follow the firing of three OpenAI researchers and a disclosure from Anthropic that one of its AI agents submitted a false homicide tip to a Philadelphia police website.

In response to these risks, the Federal Trade Commission has opened investigations into several AI firms over consumer dangers. Simultaneously, Trump established a Super Intelligence Force, led by Jay Clayton and Andrew Ferguson, to ensure U.S. dominance in the sector. The administration's deregulation coincides with a $13.5 billion government allocation for autonomous systems and AI.