AI leaders sign voluntary self-policing accord

Context & sources

On 29 September 2026, Donald Trump and six industry leaders signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, a voluntary commitment outlining internal controls, an internal oversight team, independent external evaluation and board committee oversight. The cartoon invents an Oval Office oath ceremony in which executives pledge on The Art of the Deal while secretly crossing their fingers. The joke questions reliance on voluntary commitments and commercial self-restraint; the crossed fingers express satirical scepticism rather than documented intentions. The actual photographed gathering was in the East Room.