{
  "id": 12768318,
  "title": "Korea has no plans to follow US push to replace term AI with 'super intelligence'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/korea-has-no-plans-to-follow-us-push-to-replace-term-ai-with-super",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-08T02:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261008/korea-has-no-plans-to-follow-us-push-to-replace-term-ai-with-super-intelligence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ministry of Science and ICT in South Korea has stated that the country has no intention of replacing the term \"artificial intelligence\" (AI) with \"super intelligence\" (SI). This was clarified by an official from the ministry who emphasized that the government has not considered using SI as a replacement for AI. The official's statement came after a Deputy Prime Minister and Science Minister, Bae Kyung-hoon, used the term SI in a National Assembly audit while discussing U.S. efforts to gain leadership in advanced AI competition. The U.S. administration, under the Trump regime, has been advocating for the use of SI instead of AI. Trump signed an executive order on September 29 titled \"Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence,\" which required federal executive agencies to use SI in place of AI in official documents, including websites, reports, and policy papers. This shift has garnered attention from the private sector as well, with Elon Musk expressing his intention to rename SpaceX's AI division.",
  "summary": "Korea is not considering to replace the term artificial intelligence (AI) with “super intelligence,” or SI, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT, distancing itself from a terminology push underway in the United States. An official from the ministry told The Korea Times that the government has no plans of replacing AI with SI. “There has been no consideration at our level of using such…",
  "key_points": [
    "South Korea will not replace AI with SI.",
    "Deputy PM Bae Kyung-hoon used SI in National Assembly audit.",
    "U.S. pushed for SI under Trump's executive order in 2019."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Korea's decision not to adopt \"super intelligence\" maintains consistency in its AI terminology, diverging from US efforts to promote a new term under its influence.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea has no plans to follow US push to replace term AI with 'super intelligence'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/korea-has-no-plans-to-follow-us-push-to-replace-term-ai-with-super-12771549",
        "published": "2026-10-08T03:07:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}