Pledge signed by President Trump and top AI leaders misspells the United States
President Trump and major AI industry leaders signed a voluntary pledge to implement safety measures for frontier AI models. However, the document gained attention for a typo that misspelled 'United States' as 'Unites States' in the official photo.
Why it matters
The pledge highlights the ongoing tension between government oversight and the voluntary self-regulation preferred by major tech companies regarding AI development.
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 — namely that the “United States” was misspelled as “Unites States” in a photo of the signed agreement the President shared to Truth Social. The spelling error appears right beneath the president’s signature, though the other signatories and their companies are spelled correctly. Gizmodo reporter Matt Novak was one of the first to point out the snafu, and we’ve reached out to the White House for comment.
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