Trump to ban the term AI 'in all relevant documents'

US President Donald Trump expressed frustration that the term "artificial intelligence" (AI) continues to be widely used in official documents despite his desire to rebrand it as "super intelligence" (SI). On social media, Trump criticized The Wall Street Journal for using the term AI, urging them to adopt SI instead. He announced that his administration would soon officially ban the term AI in all relevant documents.

Last month, while polls showed negative public sentiment towards AI due to job loss fears, data center concerns, and environmental issues, Trump signed an executive order to force the federal government to use SI instead of AI. However, most technology companies, experts, analysts, media outlets, and governments outside the US have continued to use the term AI.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faced criticism for repeatedly correcting his own statements from "AI" to "SI" during a White House event. The International Monetary Fund also stated it would not change its use of AI despite White House requests. The term AI has a long-established history in AI research, with technology experts noting its widespread use and researchers often employing the phrase to describe hypothetical advanced cognitive functions surpassing human reasoning.

Some supporters of Trump's rebranding, such as Neil Chilson, a former Federal Trade Commission chief technologist and AI policy leader, expressed dislike for the term AI and admitted that the scientist who coined it, John McCarthy, later expressed regret over its name choice.