{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/donald-trump-says-us-is-officially-renaming-artificial-intelligence-to","json":"https://digestai.news/story/donald-trump-says-us-is-officially-renaming-artificial-intelligence-to.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/donald-trump-says-us-is-officially-renaming-artificial-intelligence-to.md","slug":"donald-trump-says-us-is-officially-renaming-artificial-intelligence-to","headline":"Donald Trump says US is officially renaming artificial intelligence to super intelligence","summary":"During a United Nations General Assembly address, former President Donald Trump claimed the United States is now \"officially\" renaming artificial intelligence to \"super intelligence.\" He argued that the word \"artificial\" makes the technology sound fake and said the new term would appear in all U.S. documents.\n\nTrump linked the proposed rename to previous symbolic changes he has made, such as renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Denali, and suggested digital maps would soon reflect the new label. He did not present any legislation, executive order, or agency directive to support the claim, and no other U.S. officials have confirmed the change. The speech was largely rhetorical, mixing criticism of climate policy, globalists, and other topics with the naming proposal.","keyPoints":["Trump claimed the United States is officially renaming artificial intelligence to \"super intelligence\" in a UN speech.","He cited past symbolic renamings of geographic features and said the new term would appear in U.S. documents.","No legislation, executive order, or agency action was announced; the claim remains unverified."],"whyItMatters":"A political push to rename AI could influence public perception and future policy debates, but without formal action it remains rhetorical, highlighting how leaders frame emerging technologies.","category":{"slug":"policy","name":"Policy & Regulation","url":"https://digestai.news/category/policy"},"entities":{"companies":[],"models":[],"people":["Donald Trump"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-22T16:10:00Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-22T16:10:00Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"theverge.com","title":"In his UN General Assembly speech, President Trump says the US is \"officially\" renaming AI to \"super intelligence\" because \"artificial\" makes it sound fake","url":"https://theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/998816/donald-trump-ai-super-intelligence","publishedAt":"2026-09-22T16:10:00Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Donald Trump says US is officially renaming artificial intelligence to super intelligence\", 22 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/donald-trump-says-us-is-officially-renaming-artificial-intelligence-to","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Donald Trump says US is officially renaming artificial intelligence to super intelligence","datePublished":"2026-09-22T16:10:00Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/donald-trump-says-us-is-officially-renaming-artificial-intelligence-to"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}