Trump signs executive order renaming AI to ‘super intelligence’

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🗞️ Driving the news: President Donald Trump signed an executive order on September 29 directing the U.S. government to refer to artificial intelligence as “super intelligence”
• The order argues that the technology now extends beyond simply imitating or automating aspects of human intelligence and that federal terminology should reflect its expanding capabilities

🔭 The context: The rebranding comes amid debate over how quickly AI should develop and what safeguards should accompany it
• Trump has dismissed warnings from AI whistleblowers about insufficient oversight, while the executive order emphasizes the technology’s potential benefits and opportunities

🌍 Why it matters for the planet: The terminology itself has no direct environmental impact
• However, increasingly capable AI systems are driving investment in energy-intensive data centers, making questions around electricity demand, water consumption and the carbon intensity of new computing infrastructure increasingly relevant to sustainability

⏭️ What’s next: Federal agencies will adopt the new terminology as the administration continues shaping its approach to AI development
• The broader debate over AI governance, oversight and the infrastructure needed to support increasingly powerful systems is likely to continue

💬 One quote: “It’s not artificial, we all agree on that,” Trump told reporters

📈 One stat: 1 executive order — signed September 29 to establish “super intelligence” as the preferred federal terminology for AI

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