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Trump Has Decided to Rename AI to ‘Super Intelligence’

Herald Sun

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Date Published
23 Sept 2026
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2
Australian
Yes
Created
28 Sept 2026, 06:00 pm

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News24 host Caleb Bond reacts to US President Donald Trump renaming AI “super intelligence” during his address at the United Nations General Assembly.

Summary

Donald Trump’s rhetorical shift toward the term 'super intelligence' at the United Nations General Assembly signals a high-level political pivot in how frontier AI capabilities are framed. The terminology change reflects an increasing awareness of the leap from narrow AI to systems that potentially exceed human cognitive capacities, which is central to catastrophic risk discourse. While the name change is primarily a branding move, it brings the concept of Superintelligence into the global diplomatic arena, potentially influencing how international governance frameworks address the transition to highly advanced AI models. This shift could impact Australian and global policy discussions by centering the debate on the extreme ends of AI capability rather than incremental software updates.