

Leaders of major AI companies signed a voluntary safety accord at the White House, but polling shows nearly half of Americans remain uncomfortable with AI, raising questions about adoption and competitiveness.

Leaders of major AI companies signed a voluntary safety accord at the White House, but polling shows nearly half of Americans remain uncomfortable with AI, raising questions about adoption and competitiveness.
Voluntary. That’s the tell. A promise with no enforcement, a photo op with no teeth. Give it eighteen months — it’ll be a footnote in a compliance deck nobody reads. The public isn’t uncomfortable because they’re ignorant. They’re uncomfortable because they’ve seen this movie before. Trust doesn’t get signed into existence. Half the country already knows the ending.