Trump signs decree ending AI term, pushes "super intelligence" label at industry summit
Donald Trump issued a presidential decree to stop using the term "artificial intelligence" and introduced "super intelligence" in official documents, gathering top tech CEOs for a briefing.
Donald Trump signed a presidential decree that formally ends the use of the term "artificial intelligence" in all official U.S. documents, opting instead for the phrase "super intelligence" to reflect what he calls a major technological breakthrough. He argued that "artificial" sounds false and fails to convey the scope of the advancement. The announcement came during a White House gathering of prominent figures from the tech sector, including Elon Musk of X, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, and Mark Zuckerberg of Meta.
Trump likened the development to being larger than both the industrial revolution and the internet. The meeting was framed as a communication recalibration ahead of upcoming midterm elections, marking the first time the issue has entered a campaign narrative.
Why it matters
The decree could reshape policy language and influence how governments and companies discuss advanced computing technologies.
How the sides frame it
MODERATE AGREEMENTLeft-leaning coverage highlights Trump’s personal justification for the change, calling “artificial” a false term and framing the shift as a breakthrough larger than the industrial revolution, while centrist coverage concentrates on the executive order’s procedural details and its stated purpose of reflecting rapid technological evolution.
LEFT
Frames the decree as Trump’s effort to correct a misleading term and portray the change as a historic technological breakthrough
CENTER
Frames the decree as a formal executive order directing government agencies to adopt new terminology to better reflect the technology’s evolution
The left emphasises
- "artificial" sounds false and fails to convey the scope of the advancement
- major technological breakthrough
- larger than both the industrial revolution and the internet
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