{
  "id": 12771549,
  "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",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-08T03:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "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 Korean Ministry of Science and ICT has firmly stated that the country has no intention of replacing the term \"artificial intelligence\" (AI) with \"super intelligence\" (SI), contrary to a push underway in the United States. An official from the ministry firmly denied any such consideration, asserting that there has been no such deliberation at the highest levels. The official's comments came after Deputy Prime Minister and Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon used the term SI during an audit in the National Assembly, echoing U.S. efforts to gain leadership in advanced AI competition. President Donald Trump's administration has been actively promoting the use of SI instead of AI. The Trump administration signed an executive order on September 29, 2020, officially requiring federal executive agencies to use SI in official documents, including websites, reports, and policy papers. The shift in terminology has also captured the attention of the private sector, with tech mogul 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…",
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      {
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-08T02:52:03.000Z"
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  "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."
}