Key facts
- President Donald Trump signed a voluntary AI safety pledge with six tech executives on Tuesday.
- The accord, titled 'Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,' included a misspelling of 'United States' as 'Unites States' beneath Trump's signature.
- AI leaders including Dario Amodei (Anthropic), Elon Musk (XAI), Greg Brockman (OpenAI), Jensen Huang (Nvidia), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), and Sundar Pichai (Google) signed the pledge.
- Trump praised the executives for growth and emphasized US leadership in AI development.
- An executive order requires government agencies to use 'superintelligence' or 'SI' instead of 'artificial intelligence'.
President Donald Trump signed a voluntary pledge with leaders from major AI companies on Tuesday, committing to the safe development and control of advanced artificial intelligence. The accord, titled 'Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,' was shared on Truth Social and via email, but a notable misspelling of 'United States' as 'Unites States' appeared beneath Trump's signature.
The meeting at the White House included executives such as Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, XAI's Elon Musk, OpenAI's Greg Brockman, and Google's Sundar Pichai. This initiative comes amid growing public concern about the rapid advancement of AI, with some industry leaders calling for a slowdown, a sentiment Trump has largely dismissed while advocating for US dominance in the field.
The pledge outlines voluntary commitments for companies developing frontier AI models, focusing on internal controls, audits, and oversight to ensure AI operates as intended and addresses potential risks. The agreement is non-binding, with no explicit regulatory consequences for non-compliance. Zuckerberg described the accord as a "start" and a "historic conversation."
Separately, President Trump issued an executive order directing all government departments and agencies to replace the term 'artificial intelligence' with 'superintelligence' or 'SI,' signaling a potential shift in official terminology.