India Demands Binding AI Rules After White House Voluntary Safety Accord

Indian industry leaders and Nasscom said the voluntary AI safety accord signed by six companies at the White House on September 29, 2026, cannot govern AI for a country of 1.4 billion people across 22 official languages. They called for binding rules on transparency, incident reporting and accountability, and for India's AI Safety Institute to test new models.

• The White House accord was signed by Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI and Nvidia on Sept 29, 2026
• The pact sets four voluntary oversight layers but includes no penalties for noncompliance
• The FTC opened a probe into OpenAI, Anthropic and METR the day after signing
• Nasscom: voluntary measures are 'necessary but woefully insufficient'