On Tuesday, President Donald Trump and top AI leaders announced a signed pledge called a “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities” — a voluntary promise to implement more controls and safety measures as the rapid development of artificial intelligence continues. But there seems to be a catch.
Pledge signed by President Trump and top AI leaders misspells the United States

Key takeaways
President Trump and top AI leaders signed a pledge to implement controls and safety measures for AI development, but a photo of the signed agreement misspelled 'United States' as 'Unites States'.
- President Trump and top AI leaders signed a pledge to implement controls and safety measures for AI development.
- The pledge is voluntary and does not have any legal or regulatory ramifications.
- The president is mandating that government departments use 'superintelligence' or 'SI' instead of 'artificial intelligence'.
- The pledge was signed by Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Anthropic's Dario Amodei, among others.
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- September 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM UTC
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- Dominic-Madori Davis
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