Schellman flags critical gaps in White House AI oversight accord

The voluntary super intelligence pact calls for independent auditors but never defines who counts as one The White House got the biggest names in artificial intelligence to agree on something: their safety systems should be checked by someone other than themselves. The catch is that nobody wrote down who that someone is allowed to be. Schellman, which tracks AI governance readiness across organizations, is pointing at that blank space as the accord’s most serious weakness. The agreement, called the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, was released on September 29, 2026. It is a voluntary framework for AI governance. Executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI and Nvidia signed it alongside President Trump. Four layers of oversight, zero definitions for the auditors The accord sets up four layers of oversight for signatories. First, companies need robust internal controls to monitor risks. Second, they need an internal team dedicated to monitoring. Third, they need independent external auditors or evaluators to test whether those controls actually work. Fourth, they need an independent board committee. The problem sits in layer three. The accord asks for independent as...