Trump Touts AI Boss Pledge to Self-Regulate
President Trump and six technology bosses signed a one-page White House accord on 29 September 2026 promising four layers of controls and audits for frontier systems. We set out the text word for word, who signed and who only came to lunch, what the pledge leaves out, how it compares with the 2023 voluntary commitments, the EU AI Act and California SB 53, and what buyers should ask their suppliers.