{
  "id": 9814510,
  "title": "Trump tries to rebrand AI. Is it really that super?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/trump-tries-to-rebrand-ai-is-it-really-that-super",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-25T18:41:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/tech/trump-super-intelligence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly, advocating for the U.S. government to refer to artificial intelligence as \"Super Intelligence\" instead of the term it currently carries. However, the term \"Super Intelligence\" may carry its own set of problems, potentially misleading in its implications.\n\nThe prefix \"Super\" is widely used in pop culture, associated with superheroes, superpowers, and various forms of exaggerated abilities. This prefix has saturated the English language, often linked to characters like Superman, superstars, and even quantum mechanics, where a superposition refers to a state of contradictory states. Applying this term to AI might give the impression that it possesses extraordinary powers or capabilities, which is far from the reality.\n\nMoreover, the concept of \"Super Intelligence\" does not address the issues surrounding AI's impact on society. Data centers that power AI consume enormous amounts of water and electricity, causing environmental damage and threatening local power grids. Additionally, AI models are often trained on human-created content without proper consent, compensation, or attribution, leading to ethical concerns.\n\nWhile the debate over terminology may continue, AI already has a negative impact on people's livelihoods. Automating away entry-level jobs merely to boost quarterly earnings does not exhibit superhero qualities. Furthermore, the negative implications of AI are evident, including doomsday scenarios and reports of AI hacking government websites.\n\nIn contrast, calling AI \"Artificial Intelligence\" is more honest, acknowledging that the intelligence it possesses is manufactured. Perhaps, in light of AI's limitations and negative impacts, a more accurate term could be \"Splenda Intelligence,\" a synthetic substitute engineered to mimic intelligence.",
  "summary": "Dissecting the president's attempt at rebranding AI as \"super intelligence.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "President Trump says Scott Bessent is not \"going to be Super Intelligence (SI) Czar\", because \"he doesn't want to\" and Trump wants to keep him at the Treasury (Dan Mangan/CNBC)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/president-trump-says-scott-bessent-is-not-going-to-be-super",
        "published": "2026-09-25T17:35:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}