A spelling mistake on a superintelligence document signed by Donald Trump has been branded "truly stupid" after attracting ridicule online.
The US President, 80, shared the "White House Accord on Super Intelligence" in a post uploaded to TruthSocial last night. While his team hailed the document as opening a pathway toward regulation while encouraging AI companies to follow "four layers of controls," there were many who noted a glaring mistake in the letter.
Typically tucked away under Trump's signature is his full name and title, but on this document it read "President of the Unites States," when it should be "President of the United States." Unsurprisingly, the spelling mistake did not go unnoticed for long.
Online mockery and reactions
"My God in heaven," said one X/Twitter account. "They are so unbelievably, truly stupid." Another account added: "They're mentally on the level of toddlers and yet they rule the most powerful nation in the world. What could possibly go wrong?"
A third social media user commented: "A presidential proclamation misspelled United States as 'Unites States.' So much for super intelligence." Another user said: "Being President of the United States is that difficult. They can't even spell United States correctly."
Trump's history of spelling blunders
Trump has made multiple spelling mistakes in posts during his two terms as president. Arguably, his biggest spelling blunder happened when six minutes after midnight local time on May 31, 2017, Trump tweeted: "Despite the negative press covfefe."
Many suspect the typo was meant to say "coverage," though it attracted ridicule and became a viral meme with the hashtag #covfefe being used more than 1 million times within 24 hours of being published. Trump made yet another blunder when he posted that he had met with the "Prince of Whales."
His June 13, 2019, tweet said: "I meet and talk to "foreign governments" every day. I just met with the Queen of England (U.K.), the Prince of Whales, the P.M. of the United Kingdom, the P.M. of Ireland, the President of France and the President of Poland. We talked about "Everything!" It is clear the president was referring to Charles the then-Prince of Wales.
Agreement overshadowed
Trump's most recent spelling blunder overshadowed the agreement that aims to implement "robust internal controls" at AI companies and for them to partner with an "independent external auditor" to assess whether controls are working.
The agreement was signed by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, OpenAI chief Greg Brockman, XAI boss Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
