Ro Khanna criticizes voluntary White House AI pledges

Ro Khanna criticizes the voluntary White House AI pledges. The US lawmaker wrote on X on September 29 that the country should rely on laws rather than promises.

He accuses President Donald Trump of providing free publicity for AI executives and criticizes the absence of a binding AI treaty with China.

These accusations are Khanna’s political judgment. His own post establishes his opposition to voluntary pledges but contains no new legislative text.

The response differs from his previously documented requests about loss-of-control risks. This criticism directly concerns how binding the accord is.