Trump Calls for AI Rebranding and Announces New AI Force Amid Ongoing Safety Debate

Proposed Rebranding and Public Consultation

President Donald Trump opened a weekend of AI commentary on Truth Social by suggesting that the term “Artificial Intelligence” is outdated and “very ineloquent.” He invited followers to choose a new label from three options—Superior Intelligence, Extreme Intelligence, or Supreme Intelligence—and the poll remains live as of publication.

Political Narrative Framing AI Safety as a Democratic Hoax

In subsequent posts, Trump framed recent AI safety concerns as part of a series of hoaxes “generated by the Radical Left Dumocrats” aimed at undermining the nation. He linked the alleged campaign against AI to a broader list of purported Democratic conspiracies that includes “RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, Global Warming, Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax #2, Men in Women’s Sports, [and] Transgender for Everyone.” Trump claimed the effort began with attacks on data centers, which he said failed once communities recognized their economic benefits. He provided no evidence for his assertion that criticism of AI and data centers is not organic, a view contradicted by bipartisan opposition to large data projects and New York’s recent decision to halt permits for such facilities.

New Institutional Measures: AI Force and AI Czar

Trump pledged to “cherish, help, and watch over” the AI industry as it expands and announced the creation of an AI Force, modeled after the Space Force he established in his first term. He also said he would soon appoint an AI “Czar,” declaring that only individuals with “High I.Q.” need apply. The president did not outline the responsibilities of either role. Earlier this year, venture capitalist David Sacks resigned from his position as Trump’s AI and crypto czar to co‑chair the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

The Wider AI Safety Debate

The AI safety conversation has intensified after an unnamed researcher quit Anthropic, warning that leading AI firms “earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade” and are “gambling with our lives.” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei responded with a plan to “pace the frontier,” a proposal that received apparent endorsements from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Critics argue that focusing on existential threats distracts from more immediate harms caused by AI systems.

Industry Alignment and Summit Interaction

During the All‑In Summit—an event co‑hosted by Sacks—Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a call from Trump onstage. Huang agreed with the president that the AI backlash is a “hoax” and asserted that the industry would not allow a slowdown to occur. The exchange underscored a alignment between the administration’s rhetoric and at least one major tech executive’s stance on AI development.