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Trump says AI will be renamed 'super intelligence' in all US documents

2026-09-22

One event · 3 sidesAI-generated analysis

What every side reports

President Trump spoke at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday and said the term "artificial intelligence" would be changed to "super intelligence" in official usage. He also addressed concerns about global control or regulation of AI technology.

Where the framing diverges

Left-leaning coverage frames Trump's comments as dismissive of legitimate global concerns about AI's risks to humanity, emphasizing his rejection of oversight. Center coverage reports the renaming announcement and his rejection of a 'globality scheme' to control AI in more neutral, direct terms without characterizing his motives. Right-leaning coverage frames the same remarks as a firm stance against 'globalist' control of AI, portraying Trump as decisively asserting U.S. leadership in the technology and defending the term change with his own reasoning that 'artificial' sounds 'fake.'

Coverage by side

Left

Frames Trump as dismissing international concerns about AI's dangers to humanity while unilaterally renaming the technology.

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PBS NewsHour · 2026-09-22 · AllSides: Lean Left · reviewed Jul 2025

President Donald Trump said Tuesday at the United Nations that he is changing the term "artificial intelligence" to "super intelligence" because it's "more accurate," as he dismissed global concerns about the technology and its effects on humanity.

Framing analysis generated by claude-sonnet-5. It describes how coverage differs, not who is correct.

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