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Pledge signed by President Trump and top AI leaders misspells the United States

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7:50 AM PDT · September 30, 2026

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump and top AI leaders announced a signed pledge called a “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities” — a voluntary promise to implement more controls and safety measures as the rapid development of artificial intelligence continues.

But there seems to be a catch — namely that the “United States” was misspelled as “Unites States” in a photo of the signed agreement the President shared to Truth Social. The spelling error appears right beneath the president’s signature, though the other signatories and their companies are spelled correctly. Gizmodo reporter Matt Novak was one of the first to point out the snafu, and we’ve reached out to the White House for comment.

The spelling error shows, perhaps, how much time and attention went into drafting the document before it was signed and released to the public. Its announcement came after top AI...

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