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Trump Signs White House Super Intelligence Accord With Big Tech

By Drooid · Sep 30, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

President Donald Trump signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence on 29 September 2026.
Executives from Google, Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA and xAI joined the accord.
The accord requires internal controls, independent audits and board-level oversight for frontier AI systems.
Sundar Pichai said Google spent hundreds of billions on AI in two years and will keep investing.
Trump called Pichai a “monster,” prompting laughter.

History

Historical Context

The 2021 National Security Commission warned of AI inflection points, leading to the Biden administration’s 2022 AI Bill of Rights. Trump revoked that order in 2025 and issued new AI action plans; by June 2026 the Center for AI Standards and Innovation had review agreements with four firms, setting up the September 2026 White House Accord on Super Intelligence that requires board-level oversight.

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Story summary

President Donald Trump signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence on 29 September 2026.
Executives from Google, Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA and xAI joined the accord.
The accord requires internal controls, independent audits and board-level oversight for frontier AI systems.
Sundar Pichai said Google spent hundreds of billions on AI in two years and will keep investing.
Trump called Pichai a “monster,” prompting laughter.

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