President Biden announced Friday he secured commitments from seven major tech companies to ensure AI adheres to a set of safety and transparency standards.

President Joe Biden: “Companies have a duty to earn the people’s trust and empower users to make informed decisions, labeling content that has been altered or AI-generated, rooting out bias and discrimination, strengthening privacy protections and shielding children from harm.”

Other pledges include testing products for safety before releasing them, combating cyber threats and managing risks to national security. The seven companies are Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI. Experts welcomed the voluntary commitment as a positive first step but called on lawmakers and government agencies to reinforce the measures with enforceable regulations.