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Trump Pushes 'Super Intelligence' Label for AI, Stirring Terminology Fight

September 25, 2026 at 14:22 EDT

Policy & Regulation
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President Donald Trump has moved to rebrand artificial intelligence as "Super Intelligence," saying U.S. documents should use the new term and casting the change as part of a pro-growth stance against global AI controls. The shift has created an immediate terminology problem: in AI research, superintelligence already refers to a hypothetical capability level beyond human performance, not today's AI systems.

Sep. 25, 2026 - U.S. AI policy

A rebrand runs into AI's own vocabulary

Trump wants "Super Intelligence" to replace "artificial intelligence" in U.S. documents. The issue: superintelligence already means a hypothetical level beyond today's systems.

Proposed acronym

1955

AI term coined

Names floated

Public rollout steps

The visible naming sequence

Count of public naming items described in the article.

Replacement names floated

Poll, U.N. speech, China talks

How the label moved

Poll

Alternative names floated

U.N. speech

U.S. documents invoked

China talks

SI put on the agenda

Open question

Implementation still unclear

Pro-growth reading

The phrase signals opposition to global AI controls and a desire to accelerate U.S. development.

Practical critique

The label collides with a technical term and could blur contracts, standards and safety debates.

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