Trump Orders AI Renamed 'Super Intelligence' and Promises Wider Terminology Ban

President Donald Trump's push to replace "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" has moved beyond a proposed change in wording. BMJ reported on October 27 that PubMed, the biomedical literature database, had begun implementing his renaming order.

That gives the story a concrete scientific setting. The same report said scientists had criticised the order, although the supplied coverage does not detail their objections or explain exactly how PubMed is applying the change.

The October 27 coverage describes both an order already being implemented and a promise of a wider ban. It does not establish the precise sequence of every announcement that day.

BMJ reported the order, PubMed's implementation and scientists' criticism. Those developments distinguish the database change from Trump's broader statements about future restrictions.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said he would soon prohibit the term AI and wanted SI, meaning Super Intelligence, used instead, according to Telegraaf. The outlet's headline described him calling the existing name very bad and inaccurate.

The Hill reported that Trump promised to ban "AI/Artificial Intelligence" "in all relevant documents and everything else." Deadline Hollywood also reported that expansive wording, describing the announcement as another attempt at an AI rebrand.

There are two distinct points to keep separate: the renaming order that BMJ says PubMed has begun implementing, and the broader ban Trump says will follow.

The phrase "everything else" suggests an ambition extending beyond specified documents, but the supplied reporting does not establish its practical boundaries. Forbes described the announcement as a vow to ban the term, rather than providing details of an enforcement system.

The next concrete issue is how the promised ban is formally defined: which documents it covers, who must comply and when it takes effect. Those details are not established in the supplied coverage of Trump's announcement, reported by The Hill.

For PubMed, the unresolved question is what implementation means in practice. BMJ reports that the change has begun, but the supplied summary does not specify which parts of the database are affected.