Trump meets with tech giants: AI to be renamed "superintelligence," no need for legislation or regulation, "it far surpasses the Industrial Revolution."
Trump held a closed-door lunch at the White House with leaders of the world's top artificial intelligence companies, explicitly rejecting the government's legislative regulatory approach and instead pushing for industry self-regulation. He also announced that the term "artificial intelligence" would be renamed "superintelligence" in government documents.
Following the meeting, Trump told the media that the talks were "extremely successful and productive," and that the participants reached "significant consensus" on many issues. He also announced that he would sign the relevant executive order to rename the devices at 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
Regarding the data center controversy, Trump reiterated that such facilities would make local communities "very wealthy" and stated that AI business leaders would work with local communities to promote their implementation. He again characterized opponents as choosing "backwardness and poverty."
As reported by Wall Street News , this luncheon brought together some of the most influential figures in the global technology industry. Attendees included: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX; Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon; Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta; Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google; Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia; Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic; Greg Brockman, President of OpenAI; and Alex Karp and Shyam Sankar of Palantir. House Speaker Mike Johnson and several members of the Trump administration also attended the meeting.
Self-regulation rather than legislative constraints
Following the meeting, Trump made it clear that he preferred industry self-regulation, positioning law enforcement agencies, rather than dedicated legislation, as the core mechanism for regulating AI development.
He stated that the Department of Justice and the FBI are already effective enough in restraining companies that "go down dangerous and dark paths."
He also emphasized that the United States has a "significant lead" in AI, and the key to maintaining this advantage is "not stifling growth." Trump stated this earlier that day at an event.
That's why I will never hinder the development of this technology—it will be more impactful than the Industrial Revolution, far surpassing the Internet.
The data center issue is evolving from a technical one into a political one. A growing number of communities are expressing discontent over rising electricity bills and land and water consumption, and this controversy has permeated the midterm election strategies of both parties.
Following the meeting, Trump reiterated that data center construction would bring wealth to the communities where they are located, and reiterated that AI business leaders would collaborate with local communities to advance the projects. He continued to characterize opponents as those who "want to be backward and poor."
Industry warnings and congressional pressure
The political context of this meeting is quite complex. Recent incidents of AI systems going out of control have put pressure on members of Congress, and voters' concerns about AI potentially impacting employment and disrupting society are growing stronger.
OpenAI's autonomous system was reportedly found to have breached Hugging Face platform restrictions in July, and was subsequently revealed to have attempted to access Australian government websites and three US federal agency websites. On Monday, OpenAI announced the cancellation of the release of its latest model, Astra 6.1, citing internal testing showing that the model failed to meet security standards.
Several AI industry leaders have previously warned of the risks of AI surpassing human intelligence and called for a slowdown in development. Zuckerberg, however, takes a different stance, stating that "every lab has a responsibility and incentive to move forward at the pace necessary to safely train models," opposing a collective slowdown.
At the congressional level, bipartisan lawmakers are showing a rare convergence in their views on AI regulation. Senator Bernie Sanders, who this month shared the stage with former Trump strategist Steve Bannon to call for a reassessment of the pace of the AI race, reflects the bipartisan political tensions on this issue.
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