State Department orders diplomats to use 'super intelligence' instead of AI

The State Department has ordered diplomats in its international organizations bureau to replace the term "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" in all communications, following President Donald Trump's announcement at the U.N. General Assembly. An email from Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Drager, obtained by the Associated Press, instructed staff to use "SI" in all remarks, positions, and press elements. Trump said the old name made the technology sound "fake," and U.S. representatives used the new term at a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday. The order's scope beyond this bureau is unclear, and it may affect the name of Trump's "AI Force" initiative. Trump has rejected calls for greater government oversight of AI development, citing competition with China, a key topic during Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Washington.