Silicon Valley is falling in line with Trump’s attempt to rename AI
The Verge Terrence O’Brien ● Covered by 2 sources
Trump wants AI called “super intelligence,” and some big Silicon Valley names are already playing along. Musk even said SpaceXAI would become SpaceXSI.
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Donald Trump has decided artificial intelligence needs a new name, and he wants it to be “super intelligence.” That alone might have sounded like one of those presidential flourishes that dies in the next news cycle. But it is already getting a response from some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful people.
Elon Musk was quick to signal support. According to the source, he promised to rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, a very on-the-nose bit of loyalty from someone who knows how to make a message travel.
And the speed matters as much as the substance here. Hours after Trump made his declaration, the White House was already framing “Artificial Intelligence” as the old term and “Super I…” as the better one, at least in the source’s telling of the moment.
That is the real story: not whether the phrase catches on with everyone, but how quickly parts of the tech elite are willing to echo it when power changes the vocabulary.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
Tech loves to pretend names are trivial until a powerful person picks one for them. Then suddenly everyone discovers brand strategy, patriotism, and a deep love of the new label. This is what happens when culture and executive muscle meet: the people with the biggest megaphones start talking like they were issued one script.
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