Trump Administration Secures Non-Binding 'Superintelligence' Accord with Big Tech
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Six major AI firms agree to a voluntary framework that allows companies to set their own safety standards while the government mandates a terminology shift.
President Donald Trump has secured signatures from six leading AI companies on a non-binding regulatory framework titled the “White House Accord on Superintelligence,” according to reporting from The Register. Among the signatories are Google, Meta, OpenAI, XAI, Nvidia, and Anthropic.
The document, which carries the subtitle “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,” claims that responsibility for the safe development of technology rests with each individual company. While the accord outlines four “layers of controls and audits”—including internal monitoring for cybersecurity and biosecurity threats, the empowerment of internal teams, partnerships with external auditors, and board-level oversight—it provides no specific definitions for what constitutes “robust” controls. The Register notes that the document fails to specify the frequency of evaluations or external audits, effectively allowing the companies to establish their own rules.
While the accord suggests that these steps could eventually be codified into law, the current agreement remains voluntary. Parallel to this, President Trump signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to replace the terms “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” with “Super Intelligence” (SI) in all official communications and reports. The executive order tasks the Assistant for Science and Technology with establishing a formal definition of SI within 60 days, based on the premise that frontier systems amplify human ingenuity beyond simple automation.