Trump signs 'White House Accord' with tech leaders, renames AI to 'Super Intelligence' by executive order

U.S. President Donald Trump hosted 31 top technology executives and political leaders at the White House on Tuesday, securing a voluntary self-regulation framework—dubbed the "White House Accord"—and issuing a presidential directive to replace the term "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" across all executive agencies.

What is the White House Accord on Super Intelligence?

Following a high-level summit in the Oval Office attended by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Trump announced that tech firms had committed to a "morally binding" self-policing framework. While the agreement is not legally enforceable under current statute, the document leaves open the option to codify its provisions into federal law or regulation as safety evaluations evolve.

According to reporting by CBS News and Fox News, the accord outlines multi-tiered safety auditing mechanisms, requiring internal risk reviews, board of directors oversight, and external third-party evaluations to ensure autonomous systems remain within assigned operational parameters. Mark Zuckerberg described the accord as an industry-wide baseline, while Elon Musk said the peer-review approach provides essential industry guardrails.

How does the new executive order redefine AI governance and data center growth?

Hours after the gathering, President Trump signed an official Executive Order titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence," directing the federal government to adopt the terms "Super Intelligence" and "SI" in place of "artificial intelligence".

The order instructs White House officials and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to propose statutory updates within 60 days to integrate the moniker across federal law.

The meeting occurred against the backdrop of growing legislative concern over model alignment failures, including OpenAI's decision on Monday to cancel its Astra 6.1 release, and public warnings by Anthropic in its initial public offering prospectus regarding potential systemic risks.

Addressing mounting public pushback over the rapid expansion of energy-intensive data centers nationwide, President Trump urged communities to embrace infrastructure developments, asserting that tech firms will work directly with local municipalities to support schools, power grids, and local services.