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This week the Trump administration officially swapped out the term “artificial intelligence” for “super intelligence,” cementing the change via executive order and requiring US officials to use “super intelligence” going forward instead of “artificial intelligence.” The move coincided with a string of major events: Trump convened a lunch this week with heavyweight AI industry CEOs — Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Tesla’s Elon Musk, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei all attended — and they signed a document called the “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” Notably, the commitment is “completely non-binding” legally, though Trump himself said he considers it “morally binding.” Reports note the meeting came together abruptly and fast: just a week or two earlier, Trump had publicly said no AI regulation was needed and dismissed people warning about AI risks as basically “China or Democrat shills.” Worth noting too — just days before the lunch, Anthropic had reportedly been “frozen out” by the White House, until CEO Dario Amodei got invited to a 10pm dinner meeting that turned things around, leading within days to this lunch that brought together nearly every tech giant. TechCrunch’s analysis team is broadly skeptical, framing the whole thing as more of an “AI rebranding” PR move — shifting the core message from “AI is dangerous and will take your job” to “super intelligence won’t” — rather than any real regulatory progress. The story carried into the weekend, with Trump further announcing a new “Super Intelligence Force.”

💬 JudyAI Lab Take

Trump’s “super intelligence” renaming push makes it clear the outside world should pay more attention to branding than to actual regulatory substance — and AI builders shouldn’t ignore that.

TechCrunch and others are questioning whether this is just a PR move: the core message shifted from “AI is dangerous” to “super intelligence isn’t,” while the signed “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities” is completely non-binding legally — yet Trump called it “morally binding.” From Anthropic getting frozen out, to a late-night dinner turning things around, to pulling together a lunch with the CEOs of Meta, Amazon, and Tesla — the sheer speed of that reversal is itself worth watching. There’s a clear gap between the policy language and the actual governance framework behind it. The takeaway: when evaluating an AI-related policy or commitment, a shift in terminology can itself be the signal — not proof that regulation actually got stronger.

Next time you see something billed as a “voluntary commitment” or “joint declaration,” check first whether it’s legally binding before judging what it actually means.

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