# Trump’s AI renaming push faces limits beyond federal agencies

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/donald-trump-says-hell-ban-the-use-of-the-term-artificial-intelligence-in-all-relevant-documents-and-everything-else/
- Published: 2026-10-27T20:33:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/trump-artificial-intelligence-ban-use-of-term-1237206260/
- Topics: AI, Art, Culture, Government, Politics, Technology

## Key points

- Trump says official documents should stop using “artificial intelligence”.
- His preferred term is “super intelligence”.
- A similar White House language dispute is under appeal.

## Summary

New coverage highlights the limits of Donald Trump’s effort to rename artificial intelligence: although he says the term will be banned in relevant documents and elsewhere, his administration has directed federal agencies to use “super intelligence”, and his ability to dictate wider public usage is limited. The established term has been used for decades, while public concern about AI and data centres is significant.

Trump made the pledge in a Truth Social post, following a 29 September executive order directing federal agencies to adopt “super intelligence”; Nvidia chief Jensen Huang is among the technology figures who have used the phrase. Media outlets continue to call it AI. A previous White House effort to pressure the Associated Press to use “Gulf of America” instead of “Gulf of Mexico” led to a lawsuit, with a judge ruling the policy likely violated the First Amendment; the decision is being appealed.

## Coverage

- [Deadline: Trump’s AI renaming push faces limits beyond federal agencies](https://deadline.com/2026/10/trump-artificial-intelligence-ban-use-of-term-1237206260/)
- [Variety: Trump Says ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Is ‘a Very Bad and Inaccurate Name,’ and That He Wants to Officially Ban the Term ‘AI’](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/trump-artificial-intelligence-officially-ban-term-ai-1236932249/)
- [The Hill: Trump says he will ban the term artificial intelligence](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6175633-trump-bans-artificial-intelligence-term/)

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