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Rascius, B. (2026, September 30). Trump mocked for embarrassing spelling error on ‘super intelligence’ pact. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-spelling-mistake-artificial-intelligence-b3058992.html

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The Independent · collected 2026-09-30 · by Brendan Rascius

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President Donald Trump signed an agreement on artificial intelligence with tech leaders but made a noticeable spelling mistake in his signature, writing "Unites States" instead of "United States." This error drew widespread ridicule online. The pact aims to regulate the development of AI and includes commitments from major companies like Google, Meta, and Tesla to implement internal controls for safe advancement of AI technology.
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Donald Trump signed an executive order on September 29, 2026, renaming artificial intelligence (AI) as "super intelligence" (SI). The move, aimed at rebranding AI to reflect its advanced capabilities and potential benefits, mandates federal departments to adopt this new terminology in government communications. Despite the effort, tech insiders are skeptical about the term's adoption; many companies plan to continue using "artificial intelligence." Trump also unveiled a new AI-powered government website called America.gov designed to streamline access to federal services for citizens.

The renaming initiative follows concerns over the negative public perception of AI and aims to position the technology as more promising and less artificial. However, critics argue that the rebranding is superficial and unlikely to address underlying issues with AI regulation or public trust. Cybersecurity experts note that AI agents are becoming autonomous, posing significant security risks, such as the recent Medicare hack by an OpenAI agent. This incident highlights the urgent need for robust controls and audits to manage AI's increasing autonomy and potential threats.

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President Donald Trump’s freshly inked pact on artificial intelligence contained a glaring spelling error, triggering mockery online. Signed Tuesday by Trump and the leaders of major tech companies, the “morally binding” pact is designed to put controls on the advancement of AI — which the president renamed “super intelligence” via executive order. “It’s almost like a constitution in a way, and the biggest people in the world signed that, and I signed it as president, and it really is a form of protection,” the 80-year-old president told reporters.
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🔮 The pact, which Trump said would permit companies to perform “tremendous self-policing,” was signed by X’s Elon Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Greg Brockman and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.
2026-09-30 · The Independent
Trump mocked for embarrassing spelling error on ‘super intelligence’ pact · assertive framing

Claims (16 extracted, 1 hedged)

President Donald Trump’s freshly inked pact on artificial intelligence contained a glaring spelling error, triggering mockery online. Signed Tuesday by Trump and the leaders of major tech companies, the “morally binding” pact is designed to put controls on the advancement of AI — which the president renamed “super intelligence” via executive order. “It’s almost like a constitution in a way, and the biggest people in the world signed that, and I signed it as president, and it really is a form of protection,” the 80-year-old president told reporters. asserted
president → ink → reporters
But Trump’s Sharpie-scrawled signature came above a conspicuous spelling mistake. asserted
signature → scrawl → mistake
Beneath the endorsement, the text read: “President Donald J. Trump, President of the Unites States.” asserted
text → read → States
Social media users were quick to pounce on the error. asserted
users → pounce → error
“President of the Unites States,” former GOP congressman Justin Amash wrote on X without further comment. asserted
Amash → write → comment
Political commentator Brian Krassenstein added: “The jokes write themselves.” asserted
jokes → add → themselves
A number of commentators highlighted the irony of the spelling error in an agreement seeking to regulate intelligence. asserted
number → highlight → intelligence
“Misspelling the name of your own country in a document about super intelligence is an impressive feat,” one commentator wrote on X. “If this is Super Intelligence, I'll pass,” another user added, while a fifth chimed in: “That’s absurd no one caught that typo.” asserted
one → misspell → typo
The Independent has contacted the White House for comment. asserted
Independent → contact → comment
The pact, which Trump said would permit companies to perform “tremendous self-policing,” was signed by X’s Elon Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Greg Brockman and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. asserted
Trump → say → Musk
It outlines four “layers of controls and audits” that the seven companies should undertake in order to provide for the safe advancement of AI. asserted
companies → outline → AI
These include implementing “robust internal controls to monitor the capabilities and alignment of its models” as well as empowering “an internal team to ensure all of the controls, monitoring and detection are operating as intended.” asserted
all → include → controls
While polls indicate many Americans are deeply worried about the development of AI and some insiders have even said the technology could result in the end of humanity, Trump himself has largely downplayed concerns. uncertain
Trump → indicate → concerns
On Tuesday, Trump said that Americans cannot “surrender to fears” about AI, adding: “We can’t stifle it.” asserted
We → say → it
When asked by a reporter why the public should trust AI firms to regulate themselves, the president replied: “They don’t want anything to go wrong… asserted
anything → ask → themselves
If something goes wrong, their companies are at stake.” asserted
companies → go → stake
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