Science & Tech · AI · 3 hrs ago
Major tech figures adopt Trump’s preferred term for AI
President Donald Trump is pushing to replace the term “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence.”
An executive order requires US government agencies to use the new term.
Elon Musk has said he will rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced a similar name change for AIForce.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also repeatedly used “super intelligence” in a post about building an emergency brake for AI.
Nvidia has included “super intelligence research” in a $1 billion commitment to scientific advancement.
These moves show some powerful technology leaders adopting Trump’s preferred wording, even though most people still use “AI.”
Silicon Valley has sought closer ties with Trump’s administration during his second term, and the term is now required in federal agencies.
President Donald Trump is seeking to rename artificial intelligence “super intelligence,” and some major technology figures and companies have adopted the term.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella repeatedly used “super intelligence” in a post about building an “emergency brake” for AI.
Elon Musk said SpaceXAI would be renamed SpaceXSI, while Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced the name AIForce would become SIForce.
Nvidia said its planned $1 billion commitment to scientific advancement would include “super intelligence research.”
Trump’s executive order requires government agencies to use the term “super intelligence.”
- Who
- President Donald Trump and technology figures including Satya Nadella, Elon Musk, Marc Benioff and Jensen Huang.
- What
- Trump is promoting “super intelligence” as a replacement term for artificial intelligence, and some industry leaders and companies have adopted it.
- When
- The article was published on October 11, 2026; it says Nadella used the term in a post the previous day.
- Where
- The United States; the article describes actions by the White House and technology companies.
- Why
- Trump’s executive order requires government agencies to use the term, and he has called it more accurate.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The White House considers anyone that uses the term, ‘Artificial Intelligence,’ as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, ‘Super Intelligence,’ THE ENEMY!
Musk said SpaceXAI would be renamed SpaceXSI.
Marc Benioff announced Salesforce would rename AIForce to SIForce.
Trump announced an executive order requiring government agencies to use “super intelligence.
Satya Nadella repeatedly used “super intelligence” in a post calling for an AI “emergency brake.
- Proposed term
- Super intelligence
- Government policy
- An executive order requires government agencies to use “super intelligence
- SpaceXAI
- Musk promised to rename it SpaceXSI
- Salesforce
- Benioff announced AIForce would be renamed SIForce
- Nvidia commitment
- $1 billion, including “super intelligence research
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