President Donald Trump is trying to replace “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence” in government language, and several prominent technology leaders have echoed the preferred term. On third-quarter earnings calls, Elon Musk used “SI” while discussing Tesla’s humanoid robots, and Mark Zuckerberg described Meta’s aim as bringing “personal superintelligence” to everyone. Meta had already established a Superintelligence Labs unit, while Musk had renamed SpaceX’s AI division SpaceXSI. Both executives are among the technology industry’s strongest supporters of Trump.
The shift is not uniform. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Amazon’s Andy Jassy and Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai repeatedly used “AI” on their calls, though Microsoft’s annual report also adopted “super intelligence” in a shareholder letter. IBM’s Arvind Krishna used both terms, and Intel’s Lip-Bu Tan linked chip demand to super intelligence. Nvidia chief Jensen Huang and Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora have publicly praised Trump’s terminology, with Huang calling the field an opportunity to advance areas such as health, security and productivity. The competing language reflects Trump’s push to promote AI growth with limited regulation, as well as the political ties between his administration and tech executives; it does not yet signal a broad abandonment of the established acronym.
Summary generated by AI from the linked article. hn.today is not affiliated with Hacker News or Y Combinator.
OpenAI argues that fair use allows AI systems to learn from copyrighted works and benefits society. It says creators, researchers, accessibility advocates, legal experts, and business leaders support applying fair use to AI training. (openai.com)
Generative AI’s rapid growth increases electricity demand and water use through model training and deployment. Reducing its environmental impact requires more efficient systems, cleaner energy, and careful consideration of how AI is used. (news.mit.edu)
Palomino is a Rust-based Mac workspace for running Claude Code, Codex, and Pi agents side by side. It offers unlimited workspaces, terminals, browsers, and files, with rendering handled by the GPU. (trypalomino.com)
Generative AI is blurring the line between developers and product managers by making it easier for either role to build features and develop product intuition. PMs should strengthen their architecture and customer-understanding skills as routine work becomes easier to automate. (lucaskostka.com)
PostgreSQL 19 is delayed until at least November as developers handle a surge of AI-generated bug reports and patches. Human review and fixes for security issues in older versions have added to the workload. (phoronix.com)
Anthropic renamed its $200-per-month Max 20x plan to Ultra, with existing subscribers moved over at no extra cost. Ultra provides 10 times Pro’s weekly usage, removes the five-hour limit for verified accounts, and includes Claude Code, priority access, and monthly API credits. (support.claude.com)
Today's best Hacker News stories, summarized and screenshotted, one email a day.