Trump announced at the UN General Assembly that from now on, all official U.S. documents will use "super intelligence" (超级智能, abbreviated as si) instead of "artificial intelligence" (人工智能, abbreviated as ai), and expressed hope that the whole world would adopt this new terminology.

Just before the UN speech, Trump had already posted on Truth Social to pave the way for this renaming, stating that the term "artificial intelligence" is "inaccurate and not elegant enough," and listed several alternatives, including "superior intelligence," "extreme intelligence," and "supreme intelligence," all pointing to si.

At the UN podium, Trump officially decided to use "super" instead of "artificial," saying, "From now on, all U.S. documents, and I hope documents worldwide, will use the more accurate term 'super' instead of 'artificial,'" and welcomed everyone to the new world of super intelligence (si).

Trump directly linked this renaming to global technological competition, stating, "In the past, people talked about who wins the ai race; now I want to say, whoever wins si, whoever wins super intelligence, wins," tying the terminology change to the narrative of national competition.

Trump also stated, "I will not stifle a technological growth that is greater than the industrial revolution," signaling a relaxed regulatory attitude towards this technology; he mentioned that the U.S. is "significantly ahead" of China in this technology and that the current administration's goal is to maintain U.S. leadership in the field of super intelligence.

Formally, this statement is a verbal declaration and terminology initiative by the president during a UN speech, rather than an official executive order. It is currently unclear how this terminology change will be implemented in the formal document system of U.S. federal government departments.

From an industry impact perspective, if the term "super intelligence (si)" is officially adopted by the federal government document system, the direct beneficiaries will be leading U.S. AI labs that have already used terms like "super intelligence" in marketing and policy communication, aligning their narrative with official terminology. Institutions and media that continue to use the term "artificial intelligence" may face communication costs due to inconsistency with official language. More deeply, this renaming does not involve direct financial flows but indirectly enhances the bargaining position of leading U.S. AI companies in global narratives and financing stories by reinforcing the narrative of "U.S. dominance in defining the next generation of technology nomenclature."

Source: Public Information