President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order replacing "Artificial Intelligence" with "Super Intelligence" (SI) across all federal communications, while a "White House Accord on Super Intelligence" was unveiled. The accord brings together Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta and other leaders who pledged voluntary safety measures – internal controls, audits and frontier‑model risk assessments – to keep the United States at the innovation forefront.

Key Details

Event: White House meeting in Washington, D.C.

Date: September 29, 2026

Attendees: Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Elon Musk (SpaceX / Tesla), Sundar Pichai (Google), Darius Amodei (Anthropic), Jensen Huang (Nvidia), Greg Brockman (OpenAI)

Official document: Executive Order 14084, "Renaming Artificial Intelligence to Super Intelligence"

Accord name: "White House Accord on Super Intelligence"

Tech Highlight

Super Intelligence signals a shift toward faster innovation and expanded creativity, while the voluntary framework aims to pre‑empt catastrophic AI risks.

Context – The terminology change follows an internal risk disclosure from Anthropic that flagged a potential catastrophic scenario, prompting calls for stronger governance.
The Accord Explained

President Trump described the agreement as a "moral covenant" and likened it to a "constitution" for the AI industry. Participants committed to:

  • Implementing internal safety controls
  • Conducting internal and external audits
  • Performing risk assessments on frontier models

These steps are part of a broader U.S. strategy to stay competitive with China and other global AI hubs.