Trump’s push for ‘superintelligence’ finds no support from AI makers

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to rename artificial intelligence (AI) “superintelligence” during the UN General Assembly has not found support from AI developers, including those based in the US.

While the tech world is debating whether to slow down AI development due to the many risks involved, Trump wants to rename the technology entirely.

Leading figures from the sector called for slowing down the development of AI, but Trump argued such restrictions would give China a significant edge as the US lags behind.

“The use of the word artificial makes intelligence fake,” Trump said during his speech on Tuesday, explaining his reasoning for renaming the technology. “It is not fake. It’s actually amazing.”

Widely used applications preferred to define themselves as advanced algorithmic systems or simply “artificial intelligence,” arguing that the term “superintelligence” cannot replace the already widespread term.

ChatGPT developer OpenAI said the term “artificial intelligence” is unlikely to disappear any time soon, but if systems with truly superhuman capabilities were to emerge, the term “superintelligence” could become an umbrella term for such advanced models rather than replacing the existing terminology.

Grok maker xAI, billionaire Elon Musk’s company, also said it is unlikely that the term will be replaced.

Claude developer Anthropic said it is unlikely that the term “artificial intelligence” will be phased out of general use, but “superintelligence” could find its way into official statements from Washington.

Google’s AI, Gemini, echoed Claude’s sentiments, saying that the term “superintelligence” might enter political terminology to denote a specific stage in technology development.

China’s DeepSeek also said that neither would the term “artificial intelligence” disappear nor would “superintelligence” replace it, noting that the two terms refer to distinct categories in computer science and the industry and that a political statement cannot simply alter the existing terminology.

AI models generally noted that the concept of superintelligence is more likely to describe a much more advanced stage of AI development or political discourse than to completely replace the term currently in use.

Meanwhile, Türkiye favors taking joint steps in AI discussions.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the UN General Assembly that controlling AI has become increasingly difficult, urging the creation of a common international legal framework for the technology.