Trump calls for 'tremendous self-regulation' by AI companies

That's basically what we have with big tech, it's going splendidly well except for competition, consumer rights, privacy and safety.

Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ New AI Guardrails Are Meaningless Pudding [0]

> The 308-word “AI accord” is a load of bullshit and fluff. One, it’s worth noting it couldn’t even spell “United States” properly. Two, most of it is just vaguely urging AI companies to do things they were already doing (poorly).

A good read.

Previously noted on HN with only one comment [1]

[0] https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/01/trumps-morally-binding-n...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49921987

By which he means: “pay me lots of money and I’ll look the other way while you do whatever you want”.