Musk and Zuckerberg echo Trump's push to rebrand AI as 'super intelligence' on earnings calls. Others do not
- ID
- 41138
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 30 Oct 2026, 11:14 PM
- Fetched
- 30 Oct 2026, 11:40 PM
- Provider
- CNBC Technology
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/30/trump-tech-allies-swap-ai-for-super-intelligence-in-earnings-calls.html
- Source URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/id/19854910/device/rss/rss.html
Summary
- Score
- 3.0
- Created
- 30 Oct 2026, 11:41 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersai_ml_learnerssaas_founders
What happened
CNBC reports that Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg used the term "super intelligence" on their third-quarter earnings calls, a month after President Trump ordered the term to replace "artificial intelligence" inside executive branch departments and agencies on Sept. 29. Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet CEOs stuck with "AI" on their calls, and Trump later announced on Truth Social that he is banning use of "AI" or "artificial intelligence" in "all relevant documents" and "everything else."
Why it matters
For most Malaysian builders this is a US political language signal, not a technical change. The practical trigger is for anyone writing US federal proposals or public-sector documents: the Sept. 29 order and Trump's Truth Social ban on "AI" in documents could make "super intelligence" the expected term in some government contexts, while private-sector engineering work is unaffected.
Discussion angle
Should teams selling into US public-sector contexts mirror the term "super intelligence" in proposals and docs after the Sept. 29 order, or keep standard "AI" language to avoid confusing technical and procurement readers?