A White House agreement on artificial intelligence has been undermined by a spelling mistake in Donald Trump’s official title, which describes him as president of the “Unites States” rather than the United States.
The error appeared in a press release outlining the Trump administration’s commitment to having AI companies regulate themselves. It was quickly noticed by users following the White House on X, with some suggesting the mistake might have been avoided if AI had been used to prepare the document.
The agreement places responsibility for protecting against the risks posed by artificial intelligence with the companies themselves, rather than the government.
Signatories included President Trump, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI president Greg Brockman and xAI founder Elon Musk.
The proposed measures include internal systems for monitoring AI, dedicated teams to oversee those controls, independent third-party audits and board committees responsible for safety.
The industry leaders also agreed to meet regularly to discuss safety standards, according to the document.
The agreement comes after Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation seeking to ban artificial superintelligence and establish a Department of AI.
Mr Trump, who has previously described growing concern over AI as a “hoax”, has also raised the idea of creating an AI Force.
