By Matthias Bastian
Publication Date: 2026-10-11 09:08:00
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is adopting President Trump’s preferred terminology while continuing to undermine OpenAI and Anthropic.
In his latest blog post, Nadella uses “Super Intelligence” instead of Artificial Intelligence. Trump had previously posted that anyone who keeps saying “Artificial Intelligence” should be considered an enemy. The rebranding of “Super Intelligence” to describe today’s language models breaks with decades of scientific meaning behind the term, but the US tech elite doesn’t seem to care as long as Trump gets what he wants.
Nadella keeps taking shots at OpenAI and Anthropic
On substance, Nadella’s latest piece goes after the supposed risks posed by model makers Anthropic and OpenAI, risks that primarily threaten Microsoft’s own business.
This time, he argues that companies should treat AI models like insider security threats, something Google Deepmind suggested before. “Not because they are necessarily malicious, but because any sufficiently capable…
