[UPDATE] Jeffries calls Trump's voluntary AI safety accord with tech chiefs 'entirely unenforceable'
The one-page pact calls for 'four layers of controls and auditing' but is not legally binding.
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized a voluntary AI accord. He said letting the industry police itself "is not the right response at this moment." Trump and six AI chiefs signed the one-page accord a day earlier, with Speaker Mike Johnson in the room but not signing. It is not legally binding.
PREVIOUSLY
- Sept. 12 — Three House Democrats asked Speaker Mike Johnson to keep the House in session until it passed AI safeguards; Johnson declined to schedule votes, citing industry talks, which stranded three competing bills.
- Sept. 20 — The House adjourned a day early and won't return until Nov. 9, the Washington Examiner reported.
- Sept. 30 — Trump and six AI chiefs signed a voluntary four-layer safety accord with no enforcement; a separate Trump order told agencies to say "Super Intelligence" instead of "AI."