“The Federal Trade Commission has opened a broad investigation into the safety of artificial intelligence systems made by Anthropic and OpenAI, a senior agency official said Wednesday,” the Washington Post reports.

“The investigation could provide backing for the Trump administration’s position that existing laws are sufficient to hold artificial intelligence companies accountable, as officials seek to resist a push by some in the industry and Congress to establish a new system of regulations for the technology.”

Rolling Stone: “Donald Trump and his administration are all in on AI — despite the abundance of concern over the adverse effects the technology could have on society … such as the extinction of the human race.”

“Americans shouldn’t worry, though, the president says, because he and a collection of luminaries signed a ‘morally binding’ agreement on Tuesday to behave responsibly. The White House shared the agreement on Wednesday. It spells ‘United States’ wrong.”

“The White House also this week unveiled ‘America.gov,’ a government AI chatbot that promises answers about ‘whatever you need from the government.’ Users immediately started prompting the bot to contradict Trump and his lackeys by asking it questions like ‘Who won the 2020 election?’ and watching it spit out ‘Joseph R. Biden Jr.'”

The Guardian: White House’s AI accord includes spelling error.

“President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday renaming artificial intelligence to ‘super intelligence’ in an effort to rebrand the technology amid calls to rein in its development,” Politico reports.

Deadline: Trump “very close” to unveiling AI czar, praises techlords inking “morally binding” self-regulation pact as tech rebranded.

“A new A.I.-powered search tool that President Trump unveiled Tuesday to help Americans get information from the federal government provides facts that contradict false claims he has made about topics such as election fraud and immigration,” the New York Times reports.

Associated Press: New America.gov website contradicts common Trump talking points.

“Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the heads of the largest U.S. tech and AI companies had signed onto a ‘morally binding’ agreement to put controls on artificial intelligence,” The Guardian reports.

Said Trump: “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.”

NBC News: Trump says tech companies will “police themselves” amid AI safety warnings.

“The Trump administration has built a tool powered by artificial intelligence that its developers promise will serve as a ‘concierge’ to the federal government, as it attempts to modernize the relationship between citizens and the state,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“It will be housed at a website called America.gov, which launches Tuesday, setting up a test for the Trump administration’s digital ambitions.”

“President Donald Trump had a late dinner Sunday night with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, after Trump spent weeks dismissing Amodei’s calls for the industry to slow down AI development,” the Washington Post reports.

“The dinner was the first one-on-one meeting between the president and the head of Anthropic, one of the country’s leading AI firms, after months of tensions between the company and the administration. Trump has pursued policies to accelerate AI development, while Anthropic has called for greater caution and guardrails.”

“President Trump plans to host Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at a private White House dinner on Sunday evening, sources familiar told Axios,” Axios reports.

“The dinner —the first one-on-one meeting between the two— is an indication of thawing relations between Anthropic and the administration, whose officials and allies have had longstanding tensions.”