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Trump announces vague ‘morally binding’ AI deal among tech CEOs for ‘tremendous self-policing’

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US president also issued executive order officially rebranding ‘artificial intelligence’ as ‘superintelligence’ Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the heads of the largest US tech and AI companies had signed onto a “morally binding” agreement to put controls on artificial intelligence. He announced the deal, called the “Joint Commitment On Frontier Responsibilities,” following a White House luncheon with top tech executives.

“It’s almost like a constitution in a way, and the biggest people in the world signed that, and I signed it as president, and it really is a form of protection,” Trump said.

Read the original report at The Guardian.

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