Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem?
THE SO WHAT
When AI becomes a political brand — “super intelligence” plus non-binding pacts — governance drifts from technical risk management to narrative management. Operators should expect more symbolic frameworks and plan around concrete standards and audits, not headlines.
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