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Albanese joins global push to slow down AI but Trump says let it rip

President Donald Trump said the technology should be renamed “super intelligence”, as he rejected calls for further protections for it.
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United States President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas.

Donald Trump has lashed out at countries seeking to rein in artificial intelligence, even suggesting the technology’s name should be changed to lessen anxieties, as Anthony Albanese urges further safeguards.

In an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Australian time, the US president said the technology should be renamed as “super intelligence”, rejecting calls for further protections for it.

He said AI had a potential to be bigger than the Industrial Revolution or the internet.

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