Voluntary AI Commitments secured by the White House from 15 AI companies (July and September 2023)

Summary

In July 2023 the White House announced voluntary commitments from seven AI companies (Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI), and in September 2023 from eight more (Adobe, Cohere, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir, Salesforce, Scale AI, Stability). The companies committed to internal and external security testing before release, sharing information on AI risks, investing in cybersecurity and insider-threat safeguards for model weights, third-party vulnerability reporting, mechanisms such as watermarking for AI-generated content, public reporting of capabilities and limitations, and research on societal risks. The commitments are voluntary and carry no enforcement.

Key dates

1. July 21 and September 12, 2023Takes effect
2. July 21, 2023Issued
3. October 16, 2026Checked against sources

Developments are added when the record is reviewed. Next review: October 16, 2027.

Evidence

Each passage is quoted from its source. The quoted passages are re-checked against the live pages every month.

1. President Biden is convening seven leading AI companies at the White House today – Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI

   Supports: First seven companies

   FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Secures Voluntary Commitments from Leading Artificial Intelligence Companies to Manage the Risks Posed by AI The White House (archived) Primary source

2. a second round of voluntary commitments from eight companies—Adobe, Cohere, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir, Salesforce, Scale AI, and Stability

   Supports: Eight additional companies

   The companies commit to internal and external security testing of their AI systems before their release.

   Supports: Security testing commitment

   The companies commit to sharing information across the industry and with governments, civil society, and academia on managing AI risks.

   Supports: Information sharing

   FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Secures Voluntary Commitments from Eight Additional Artificial Intelligence Companies to Manage the Risks Posed by AI The White House (archived) Primary source