Trump AI Summit, US Pulls Out Of Iraq, SCOTUS Third Country Deportations

Up First from NPR

The episode covers three major developments in U.S. policy regarding technology, foreign military presence, and immigration. It details Pres

Key takeaways

President Trump signed an executive order branding AI as 'superintelligence' and promoting self-regulation via the 'AI Accords'.
Tech leaders including Jensen Huang (NVIDIA), Elon Musk, and Lisa Su (AMD) attended the summit to discuss monitoring models.

Main topics

AI Self-Regulation
U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq

Notable quotes

it's morally binding

Conclusion

The episode highlights a period of significant transition in American

Transcript preview

Speaker 6 (0:02) President Trump says artificial intelligence companies can regulate themselves. Speaker 1 (0:06) When asked if his new agreement with tech leaders is enforceable, Trump said it's morally binding. Can private companies be trusted to keep AI under control? I'm Michelle Martin. Speaker 6 (0:14) That's A. Martinez. And this is Up First from NPR News. Speaker 6 (0:21) American forces withdrew from Iraq. Iran-backed militias remain powerful in the country, and some U.S. partners say they're being left exposed. How vulnerable does that leave Iraq while the U.S. fights Iran? Speaker 1 (0:32) And the Supreme Court is letting the Trump administration go back to deporting immigrants to countries they're not from. The order is temporary while the court considers that the policy is legal. Stay with us. We've got news you need to start your day. Speaker 4 (0:49) This week on Shortwave, the internet is obsessed with inflammation. And yeah, it is true. Inflammation is at the heart of nearly every disease in the body. But it's also the body's natural response to danger. So who really needs to be worried about it? Find out on Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR. Speaker 1 (1:13) President Trump says tech companies can self-regulate the risks of artificial intelligence. And Speaker 6 (1:18) he signed an executive order officially dubbing the technology superintelligence for government agencies. This came after the president met with dozens of top leaders in the AI field on Tuesday. The same day, he also rolled out an AI-driven website, america.gov, to help people navigate government services. Speaker 1 (1:34) NPR's White House correspondent Emily Fang is with us to explain this. So, Emily, what happened at this meeting? Speaker 3 (1:40) So there was no press in the meeting, but Trump came out afterwards and he told the press how people had agreed companies could self-regulate on AI. He argued if companies break the law, we have the Department of Justice or the FBI that could rein them in. Though, to put a finer point on that, if that were to happen, the U.S. would need to put AI laws on the books. And that did not happen at this lunch. Instead, Trump posted a one-page document that CEOs from six of the big AI companies that were there signed. And this agreement says companies would broadly monitor their models and make sure they do not hack into other systems. But it offered no details on how this would work. Speaker 8 (2:16) They don't want anything to go wrong. I mean, their companies are at stake. If something goes wrong, their companies are at stake. They're not going to let that happen. This is going to be all for the good and we're going to have it be nice and safe. And they're really going to be policing each other. Speaker 3 (2:31) Asked if this was enforceable, Trump said it was, quote, morally binding. And so the question still remains whether powerful private companies can be trusted to follow through in perpetuity. But Speaker 1 (2:42) it's morally binding. That might be enough. Now, which companies were participating in this meeting? Speaker 3 (2:47) There were about 30 tech executives present, and I want to note the people who were seated right next to Trump during this meeting. They were NVIDIA's Jensen Huang. Elon Musk, and also CEOs from Meta, chip designer AMD, their CEO, Lisa Su, is actually the