Six AI leaders sign voluntary pledge to self-police frontier AI

On September 29, 2026, Pichai, Amodei, Zuckerberg, Brockman, Musk and Huang signed the Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities, described as a "morally binding" pledge to self-regulate frontier AI with common-sense guidelines. Trump said "the smartest people in the world" are "watching over each other" instead of federal regulation, citing U.S. firms "dominating China."