Trump says the US will call AI "super intelligence" in documents

In short: Donald Trump said the US is “officially” renaming artificial intelligence, or AI, to “super intelligence.”

What happened

In a speech on Tuesday morning at the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump said the US will start calling “artificial intelligence” by a new name, “super intelligence.” He said the word “artificial” makes intelligence sound fake.

Trump told the audience that, from this point forward, US documents will use the term “super intelligence.” He also said he hopes the rest of the world will switch to the same term. He suggested the abbreviation “SI.”

The Verge noted this idea was not included in a poll Trump posted a few days earlier, when he first started talking publicly about changing the name. In the same UN speech, Trump also talked about other topics, including Iran, climate change, and transgender people.

Why it matters

Most people will still say “AI,” and companies and researchers are unlikely to change overnight. But if the US government really starts using a different term in official writing, it can create confusion, like changing the label on a common product and expecting everyone to recognize it right away. It could also affect how laws, government reports, and public announcements talk about AI, even if the underlying technology stays the same.

Source: The Verge AI