{"slug": "whats-in-a-name-why-trump-wants-to-rebrand-ai-as-super-intelligence", "title": "What’s in a name? Why Trump wants to rebrand AI as ‘super intelligence’", "summary": "US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing federal agencies to replace \"artificial intelligence\" and \"AI\" with \"super intelligence\" and \"SI\" in official communications and non-statutory documents, and instructed the White House science adviser to draft a new federal definition. The order retires the acronym AI from federal usage, a change that would alter how agencies name and describe AI systems in their documents.", "body_md": "US President Donald Trump wants to retire one of the technology sector’s most recognisable acronyms, arguing that the term “artificial intelligence”, or AI, is no longer fit for purpose.\nOn Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order directing US federal agencies to replace “artificial intelligence” and “AI” with “super intelligence” and “SI” in official communications and non-statutory documents. He also instructed the White House science adviser to draft a new federal definition.\nThe move...", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/whats-in-a-name-why-trump-wants-to-rebrand-ai-as-super-intelligence", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3369617/whats-name-why-trump-wants-rebrand-ai-super-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-10-02 14:00:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-02 14:06:37.175642+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Donald Trump", "White House", "US federal agencies"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/whats-in-a-name-why-trump-wants-to-rebrand-ai-as-super-intelligence", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/whats-in-a-name-why-trump-wants-to-rebrand-ai-as-super-intelligence.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/whats-in-a-name-why-trump-wants-to-rebrand-ai-as-super-intelligence.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/whats-in-a-name-why-trump-wants-to-rebrand-ai-as-super-intelligence.jsonld"}}