Trump Proposes Renaming AI and Creating an “AI Force”

Summary

President Donald Trump has proposed replacing the term “Artificial Intelligence” with alternatives including “Superior Intelligence,” “Extreme Intelligence,” or “Supreme Intelligence” in a poll on Truth Social. He also described efforts to curb AI and opposition to data centers as Democratic hoaxes, without providing evidence; the article notes that both Republicans and Democrats have criticized data centers. Trump said he intends to support the AI industry and is forming an AI Force modeled on the Space Force, with an AI czar to be announced later, but he gave no details about their responsibilities. His comments came as debate over AI safety intensified. A former Anthropic researcher warned that leading companies believe advanced AI could cause catastrophic harm, while Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed “pacing the frontier,” a plan that the article says appeared to receive support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Critics argue that existential-risk warnings can distract from nearer-term harms. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang endorsed Trump’s characterization of the backlash as a hoax and said the industry should not be slowed. The article also notes that former AI and crypto czar David Sacks left that role earlier in the year.