Trump Orders US Government to Replace 'Artificial Intelligence' With 'Super Intelligence' in Official Documents

President Donald Trump declared at the United Nations on Tuesday that the US government will no longer use the term "artificial intelligence" in official documents, replacing it with "Super Intelligence" because he believes the word "artificial" makes the technology sound fake.

Speaking before the General Assembly, Trump said the change would take effect immediately across all federal paperwork and expressed hope that other nations would follow suit. "The United States also rejects any scheme for globalist control of Artificial Intelligence, being spoken of so much now. Here and after officially called Super Intelligence. Changing the name," he said.

The president argued that the existing terminology undersells the technology. "The use of 'Artificial' makes it sound fake. It makes intelligence sound fake, and it is not fake. It's actually amazing, the opposite of what they report," he told the assembly.

Trump added: "From this day forward, all United States documents, and hopefully the world's, will be changed to use the much more accurate term 'Super' as opposed to 'Artificial.' So it's Super Intelligence."

The announcement caps a days-long push by the president to rebrand the technology. On Saturday, he posted on Truth Social asking followers to weigh in on alternatives, floating "Superior Intelligence" and "Extreme Intelligence" as possibilities before settling on "Super Intelligence." The post claimed that "many people" consider the phrase "artificial intelligence" to be "inaccurate, and very ineloquent."

The rebranding creates a potential collision with established AI research terminology. In academic and industry circles, "superintelligence" refers to a hypothetical future system whose intellectual capabilities would surpass human performance across virtually all domains — a threshold no existing AI model has reached.

By applying the label to all AI systems, the administration's usage would stretch the term far beyond its conventional meaning. The shift comes as governments worldwide debate how to govern increasingly capable systems, with 22 countries backing a declaration on Monday calling for AI to remain under human direction, oversight and control. The United States and China were not signatories.