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US Treasury Pushes Global Partners to Rename AI as Super Intelligence
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CNBC TV18•15-10-2026, 18:34
US Treasury Pushes Global Partners to Rename AI as Super Intelligence
- •The United States is urging international partners to adopt the term super intelligence instead of artificial intelligence.
- •Treasury Undersecretary Erin Browne stated that Washington believes the new moniker better reflects the technology.
- •President Donald Trump directed US government agencies to use the term SI last month.
- •US officials are currently negotiating with International Monetary Fund shareholders to include the new terminology in an upcoming steering committee statement.
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The US Treasury is pushing global partners and International Monetary Fund shareholders to rename artificial intelligence as "super intelligence" or "SI" to better reflect the technology's capabilities.
Washington is currently in negotiations with other IMF shareholders to include the term "super intelligence" in the International Monetary and Financial Committee's steering committee statement, though it remains uncertain if support will be withheld or if a chair's statement will be issued instead.
The IMFC is scheduled to release any agreed statement and hold a news conference led by IMFC chair Mohammed Al-Jadaan and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Saturday.
