Trump Pushes For Calling AI 'Super Intelligence', Domain Buyers Smell Money
Following President Trump's push to rename Artificial Intelligence as 'Super Intelligence', speculators are buying up '.si' internet domains. The trend mirrors previous domain rushes, with investors hoping to sell the suffixes at a premium.
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This illustrates the intersection of political rhetoric, tech branding, and speculative digital real estate markets.
US President Donald Trump, in keeping with his penchant for renaming things, now has a new name for Artificial Intelligence: 'Super Intelligence', or SI. And some people are already looking to make easy money from his push.On September 30, Trump signed an executive order directing US government departments to use Super Intelligence instead of AI in official communications. "The name Super Intelligence conveys the true capabilities of the technologies being developed today," said a separate factsheet.At a recent meeting with leaders of major AI firms, Trump also pushed US tech giants to adopt the new name. The tech industry, though, is yet to embrace it.But many are betting that the world eventually will.
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