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‘Quintessential Trump fashion’: Donald Trump wants to rename AI to super intelligence

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News24 host Rita Panahi says US President Donald Trump wants AI to be called super intelligence, in “quintessential Trump fashion”.

Summary

This report examines Donald Trump's rhetorical shift toward labeling artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence,' a term traditionally associated with AGIs that surpass human capability. The shift in terminology by a major political figure could influence public perception of AI's ultimate trajectory and the perceived necessity of high-level safety frameworks. While the commentary focuses on political branding, the underlying concept of superintelligence is central to existential risk discourse regarding the loss of human control over frontier models. This development is particularly relevant to global governance as it signals how future US executive policy might frame the scale and urgency of AI capabilities.