Amid many thorny issues with China, Trump pushes to rename AI as superintelligence

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US President Donald Trump advocates renaming artificial intelligence (AI) to 'superintelligence' (SI) to reflect the technology's rapid evolution, urging global adoption of the term including China. The US State Department has directed diplomats to refer to AI as SI in official communications following this initiative discussed at the United Nations General Assembly.

US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rebrand of artificial intelligence (AI) — and looking to get the world’s other AI superpower, China, on board. All US government documents, and “hopefully the world’s”, will use the term “superintelligence”, or SI, to refer to the fast-evolving technology, Trump said at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. The same day, the US State Department ordered US diplomats to use SI instead of AI in all communications moving forward, the Associated...