Trump orders US government to call artificial intelligence ‘super intelligence’

US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States government will refer to artificial intelligence as “super intelligence” in official communications, telling the United Nations General Assembly the new term is “much more accurate.”

Rename comes amid global debate over AI safety

Trump made the announcement as world leaders debated how to address risks from rapidly advancing AI at the UN General Assembly. The technology has become a focus at the assembly after incidents of AI “falling out of the control of humans” and warnings by company insiders, the source reported.

President’s stance on regulation

Speaking to the assembly, Trump said he opposed regulating AI and argued the word “artificial” undersold the technology. He voiced hope other countries would adopt the new terminology, saying

“Super Intelligence ‘sounds much better’ and ‘it’s much more accurate.'”

The president also criticised safety advocates by comparing their warnings to those about climate change and said,

“The United States totally rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control… artificial intelligence.”

He added:

“Every major new technology brings challenges, and superintelligence is no exception,”

and criticised what he described as alarmist predictions:

“The very same people who said we’ll all be dead in 12 years because of global warming… are now saying that AI is going to kill us all, that robots are going to attack us, and that everything is going to be a total disaster.”

International responses and parallel moves

Ahead of the assembly, leaders of more than 20 mostly European countries urged binding safety measures for advanced AI, the source said, and noted that the AI superpowers China and the United States did not endorse that proposal.

At the UN meeting, Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Britain would push to establish global AI standards during its 2027 G20 presidency and announced an AI defence partnership with Washington to detect cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. Burnham said the UK would

“work towards agreeing a single set of global principles and standards to ensure the transparency and access we need to increase our preparedness and to ensure that AI development is safe,”

the report said.

French President Emmanuel Macron proposed creating AI technology independent from the great powers, saying,

“I don’t want anyone to become the vassal of one of the great powers.”

UN, industry and diplomatic moves

The source reported that US-based AI companies are increasingly asking for global coordination on safety. OpenAI’s Sam Altman was set to address the UN Security Council, while Anthropic chief Dario Amodei and Hugging Face co-founder Clement Delangue were to participate remotely, a French official said.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the United States and China to begin a dialogue on AI similar to Cold War engagement, saying

“Governments with the greatest AI capabilities have the greatest responsibilities to humanity, to establish channels for dialogue.”

The report also said China and the United States were discussing creating a communication channel for AI concerns ahead of a Washington summit meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping scheduled for Thursday.

Context on previous renamings

The piece noted this rebranding follows earlier name changes by the Trump administration, which it said renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” by executive order last year and, in August, renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” amid a trade dispute with Canada.