At the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Donald Trump announced that the United States is "officially" renaming artificial intelligence to "super intelligence," claiming that the word "artificial" makes the technology sound fake. He instructed that all US government documents be changed to use the new terminology, characterising the shift as more accurate and positioning it as part of his administration's approach to AI development.

Trump's announcement reflects a pattern of renaming initiatives, following his earlier decrees to rename geographical landmarks such as the Gulf of Mexico and Denali. He framed the terminology change within a broader narrative about American competitiveness in artificial intelligence, asserting that the US leads China significantly in the field and pledging that his administration will encourage development whilst monitoring it through the Department of Justice. The speech mixed policy statements about AI advancement with criticism of various political opponents and climate-related policies.