Trump renames AI as 'Super Intelligence' ahead of Xi meeting at UN
US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday at the UN General Assembly that he will rename "Artificial Intelligence" to "Super Intelligence," ordering the term "AI" replaced with "SI" in all official US documents. The move comes just before his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump dismissed calls for AI regulation as a "hoax," rejecting proposals for an international control body similar to the IAEA. The UN Security Council is scheduled to discuss global AI regulation Wednesday, with CEOs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face invited to participate. Trump's renaming effort is widely seen as symbolic politics, as even the White House website continues using "Artificial Intelligence." Meanwhile, industry leaders recently called for slower AI development following safety incidents, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged stronger oversight, noting the US and China bear the "greatest responsibility to humanity."