Trump AI deal rebrands ‘artificial intelligence’ as ‘superintelligence’

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The US president announces vague ‘morally binding’ AI agreement among tech CEOs for ‘tremendous self-policing’

Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the heads of the largest US tech and AI companies had signed a “morally binding” agreement to put controls on artificial intelligence. He announced the deal, called the Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities, following a White House luncheon with top tech executives.

“It’s almost like a constitution in a way, and the biggest ​people in the world signed that, and ​I signed it as president, and it really ⁠is a form of protection,” Trump said.

Trump also signed an executive order renaming artificial intelligence as “superintelligence”, similar to a declaration he made at the United Nations last week.

“The Order directs all departments and agencies to use the terms ‘Super Intelligence’ and ‘SI’ in official correspondence, public communications, policy documents, and non-statutory documents within the executive branch and to no longer acknowledge the terms ‘Artificial Intelligence’ or ‘AI’,” the order declared.

The agreement, which Trump