New York: US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States government will officially rename artificial intelligence to "super intelligence" in all official communications. In a speech delivered to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump firmly rejected calls for international supervision of AI technology, dismissing them as a "globalist scheme" designed to exert control over emerging innovation.

Trump argued that the word "artificial" failed to do the technology justice, expressing hope that other nations would follow suit in adopting the new terminology.

"It sounds much better. It is much better, and it's much more accurate," Trump told world leaders.

The linguistic shift marks the latest in a series of geographic and technical renamings executed by the Trump administration. Last year, the White House issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," and in August renamed Lake Ontario as "Lake America" during an ongoing trade dispute with Canada. The US President has also previously floated the idea of renaming both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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Rejection of Global AI Supervision

During his address, Trump dismissed warnings from prominent AI safety advocates, comparing their concerns to climate change projections.

"The United States totally rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control... artificial intelligence," Trump stated.

"Every major new technology brings challenges, and superintelligence is no exception," he added. "The very same people who said we'll all be dead in 12 years because of global warming... are now saying that AI is going to kill us all, that robots are going to attack us, and that everything is going to be a total disaster."

The comments come amidst growing calls from European leaders for international oversight. Ahead of the week's high-level meetings in New York, leaders from more than 20 mostly European nations urged the implementation of binding safety measures for advanced AI systems, warning that rapid technological developments risk outpacing human ability to maintain control. Neither the United States nor China endorsed the proposal.

UN Security Council to Address AI Safety Concerns

Despite resistance from Washington, major AI developers have increasingly advocated for global coordination on safety protocols. OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is scheduled to address the UN Security Council on Wednesday. Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei and Hugging Face co-founder Clement Delangue are also set to participate remotely, according to a French official.

The Security Council meeting was initiated by France, which currently holds the council presidency. French officials stated that AI's potential threat to international peace and security requires urgent, dedicated discussion at the council level.

Addressing the General Assembly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the United States and China to initiate formal dialogue on the future of AI, comparing the necessary coordination to arms control discussions between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

"Governments with the greatest AI capabilities have the greatest responsibilities to humanity, to establish channels for dialogue, transparency, trust and cooperation," Guterres said. "At a pivotal moment during the Cold War, strategic rivals came to recognize the need to manage shared existential risks."

The US and China are currently negotiating the creation of a bilateral communication channel for AI safety concerns ahead of an anticipated summit meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. (AFP)