Tech CEOs Diverge on Adoption of 'Super Intelligence' Terminology Following Trump Directive
During recent third-quarter earnings calls, Elon Musk (Tesla/SpaceX) and Mark Zuckerberg (Meta) adopted President Trump's preferred terminology by using the term 'super intelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence.' This shift follows a White House directive issued in late September aimed at rebranding AI within executive branch departments to foster growth with limited regulation. While Musk and Zuckerberg have aligned with this linguistic change, other major tech leaders including Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Andy Jassy (Amazon), and Sundar Pichai (Alphabet) continued to use the standard 'AI' acronym during their respective calls. Despite this divergence in verbal usage, the term is beginning to permeate corporate documentation, as evidenced by recent filings from Microsoft.
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