Trump proposes renaming AI, announces AI Force and AI czar
President Trump's Truth Social posts call for rebranding artificial intelligence and creating a new AI Force, with an AI czar to come.
Three news outlets report that President Donald Trump used Truth Social on September 19, 2026 to propose renaming artificial intelligence. In a second post that day, he announced the formation of an AI Force and said he would name an AI czar in the near future. All sources agree on these basic facts.
The outlets differ mainly in framing. TechCrunch emphasizes that Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax. Unite.AI mentions a poll on renaming artificial intelligence tied to the proposal. Engadget describes the AI Force as a newly made-up agency and notes the czar would run it, but does not discuss the hoax claim or the poll.
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- Trump rejects AI slowdown calls, launches "AI Force" instead
- President Trump has announced plans for new 'AI Force' and 'AI Czar' amid growing AI safety concerns — new unit will 'cherish' AI and not 'stifle' it, Trump clarifies, while dismissing safety warnings as hoaxes
- Trump now says he wants to form an ‘AI Force’
- Trump Proposes Renaming Artificial Intelligence, Announces AI Force
- Trump says it’s time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he’s also creating an AI Force
- Now Trump says he's creating an AI Force
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