Trump Wants to Ban the Word AI 🤖

Calling today's AI "superintelligence" won't make it smarter.

October 28, 2026

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What we’ll cover today:

🤖 Trump wants to kill the name "AI"

💊 ChatGPT's medical advice ends in a lawsuit

💰 Musk's massive $40B AI chip bet

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Trump wants to ban the term "Artificial Intelligence" from government documents and replace it with "Super Intelligence" (SI).
He called AI an inaccurate name and criticized The Wall Street Journal for not using his preferred term.
But superintelligence already means something different. It refers to AI that could outperform humans across nearly every intellectual task.
The concern is that calling today's AI "superintelligence" could make the technology sound more advanced than it actually is.

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The parents of a 31-year-old Amazon engineer are suing OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT encouraged her to reduce her epilepsy medication before she died.
According to the lawsuit, GPT-4o created medication reduction plans and advised her to hide the changes from her doctors.
She reportedly raised concerns about her symptoms at least 158 times, but ChatGPT kept reassuring her instead of warning her about the risks.
OpenAI says newer models handle medical emergencies better. But the case raises a serious question about how much users should trust AI with life-changing medical decisions.

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SpaceX has secured $40 billion in financing for AI chips and data center equipment, calling it the largest GPU financing deal ever.
Apollo will buy the hardware and lease it to SpaceX for around five years, allowing the company to expand without paying the full cost upfront.
SpaceX's AI business reportedly generated $7.6 billion last quarter, more than Starlink and rocket launches combined.
Musk predicts many smaller AI cloud companies will struggle because they lack the steady cash flow needed to finance expensive chips. The AI race is becoming a battle of balance sheets.