From AI to Super Intelligence: Trump’s new American AI Agenda | In Focus podcast

On September 29, U.S. President Donald Trump hosted the country’s top technology business leaders as he embarked on a project to rename artificial intelligence (AI) as “Super Intelligence” and “SI”.There, he announced the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, which was signed by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, XAI CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and OpenAI President Greg Brockman. The AI Accord that they signed is “morally binding”, per Mr. Trump.The Big Tech leaders, known for their liberal, centrist, or even neutral political stances, stood smiling, flanking the President, sharing press-ready messages about balancing AI risks and regulations.But the newly formed Super Intelligence Force (SIF) task force indicates that the federal government is not planning to remain a mere bystander as AI giants try to police themselves.What does the AI-to-SI change mean for the U.S. and the world? What are the dynamics at play amongst the companies that signed the AI Accord? And what is Trump’s strategy for keeping America ahead of the world in AI?Host: Sahana Venugopal, The Hindu’s Technology DeskGuest: John Xavier, Technology Editor at The HinduCamera: ShivarajProducer and Editor: Shiksha JuralListen to more In Focus podcasts: Published - October 07, 2026 06:21 pm IST