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Trump says US documents will use “super intelligence” instead of AI

First reported September 22, 2026 by The Hill · covered by 7 sources

In short

President Donald Trump said at the UN General Assembly that artificial intelligence would be referred to as “super intelligence” in US documents. He said the term “artificial” makes intelligence sound fake. The sources differ on whether he formally ordered the change or proposed it.

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Written by our news service from the 7 sources below, updated September 23, 2026.

Timeline

Sep 22, 15:46 UTC · The Hill
Trump says AI will be renamed ‘super intelligence’ in all US documents ↗
Sep 22, 18:10 UTC · Breaking Defense
Trump orders all US agencies to refer to AI as ‘super intelligence’ ↗

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criticalThe Verge — “Donald Trump railed against Iran, "globalists," and transgender people” ↗
criticalCryptoBriefing — “Renaming AI to "super intelligence" risks confusion in global tech discourse” ↗
neutralThe Hill — “after President Trump pushed for the renaming” ↗

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Trump says AI will be renamed ‘super intelligence’ in all US documents

President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that artificial intelligence will be renamed “super intelligence” in all U.S. documents. “The United States also totally rejects any attempt to construct a globality scheme to control for the artificial intelligence being spoken of so much now, hereinafter called super intelligence. Changing the name,” Trump…

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Sep 22, 2026 · byThe Hill

Watch: Trump floats rebranding artificial intelligence as super intelligence

"The use of the word artificial makes it sound fake," he said told the UN. "It's not fake, it's actually amazing."

Sep 22, 2026 · byBBC

Trump says US is officially renaming AI ‘super intelligence’

In a speech Tuesday morning at the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump railed against Iran, "globalists," and transgender people while also claiming that the US is now "officially" renaming artificial intelligence to "super intelligence." Why? Because, according to Trump, the word artificial makes intelligence fake. Is that what makes it sound fake to you? Here's […]

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Sep 22, 2026 · byThe Verge

Trump proposes renaming artificial intelligence to super intelligence at UN

Renaming AI to "super intelligence" risks confusion in global tech discourse, potentially hindering international collaboration and policy clarity. The post Trump proposes renaming artificial intelligence to super intelligence at UN appeared first on Crypto Briefing .

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Sep 22, 2026 · byCryptoBriefing

Trump orders all US agencies to refer to AI as ‘super intelligence’

“From this point forward, all of United States documents, and hopefully the world, will be changed to use the much more accurate term ‘super,’ as opposed to ‘artificial,'” President Donald Trump said.

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Sep 22, 2026 · byBreaking Defense

Trump orders diplomats worldwide to start referring to AI as ‘super intelligence’

The State Department is ordering diplomats in its international organizations bureau to use the term “super intelligence”

Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Independent

'Artificial' is out: Trump orders officials to call it 'super intelligence' instead

The US president has decided the word "artificial" makes intelligence "sound fake," so the State Department is now telling its diplomats to call it "SI" instead.

Sep 24, 2026 · byEuronews

Diplomats ordered to use ‘super intelligence’ instead of ‘artificial intelligence’ in Trump push

The State Department ordered its diplomats to use term “super intelligence” when referring to artificial intelligence (AI) in all of its communications, after President Trump pushed for the renaming, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. The AP obtained an email with the subject line “Change in Nomenclature AI to SI” sent to the department’s Bureau of…

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Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Hill