White House misspelled United States in ‘super intelligence’ accord

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The White House accidentally wrote “Unites States” instead of “United States” in President Donald Trump’s newly introduced “super intelligence” (SI) accord.

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A viral claim emerged across social media in late September 2026, suggesting that the White House had mistakenly printed “Unites States” on an official “super intelligence” agreement bearing President Donald Trump’s signature.

On Sept. 29, Trump met with major tech executives at the White House to sign a voluntary accord aimed at navigating the future of artificial intelligence. Coinciding with this event, Trump signed an executive order officially instructing the federal government to replace the terms “artificial intelligence” and “AI” with “super intelligence” and “SI.”

Screenshots and discussions highlighting the typo spread quickly on Bluesky, Facebook, and X.

(@paleofuture.bsky.social via Bluesky)

Given the prevalence of digital manipulation, many readers questioned whether the document had been doctored to mock the administration. However, verification efforts proved the error was authentic.

An official post from the White House X account published images of the physical document, confirming that the text beneath Trump’s signature explicitly read, “President of the Unites States.”

While the document lacked standard federal letterhead, it bore the clear heading: “White House Accord on Super Intelligence.”

(The White House via X)

The spelling mistake appears on page two of the agreement, which displays signatures from Trump alongside prominent industry figures, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, “XAI” CEO Elon Musk, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

(The White House via X)

Further examination of the agreement revealed additional anomalies. The word “joint” near the top of the text appeared misaligned, hinting at a late addition. Furthermore, Elon Musk’s affiliation was listed as “XAI,” despite the company previously operating as “xAI” with a lowercase letter prior to its acquisition by SpaceX earlier in the year, when it was rebranded as SpaceXAI.

(The White House via X)

The Shift to ‘Super Intelligence’

The executive order issued by the administration outlined the reasoning behind replacing traditional AI terminology, mandating its adoption across executive branch agencies:

The terminology used by the Federal Government should reflect the transformative capabilities of these technologies and the limitless opportunities they create for the American people. Accordingly, the term “Super Intelligence” more appropriately captures the promise, potential, and rapidly advancing capabilities of these technologies. It is therefore the policy of my Administration that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the executive branch shall use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” and will not acknowledge the usage of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in any applicable setting.

This incident follows previous instances of administration typos, such as a misspelling noticed on a placard during a high-profile Cabinet meeting.

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