Trump Ran a Poll to Rename AI. Newsom Signed an AI Order.

More than 27,000 people voted on his three Truth Social choices: Superior, Extreme or Supreme Intelligence.

President Trump asked his followers to vote on a new name for artificial intelligence. The ballot carried three choices: “Superior Intelligence,” “Extreme Intelligence” and “Supreme Intelligence.” The poll went up on Truth Social on Saturday, September 19, 2026, and was first reported by The Hill, which said those were the only options offered.

The name he wants to retire is already typed into documents nobody can edit with a post. Congress wrote a definition of “artificial intelligence” into the National AI Initiative Act, codified at 15 U.S.C. 9401. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a California artificial intelligence order on September 18, 2026 — one day before the poll.

That's the part a state contractor or a compliance lawyer in Los Angeles would notice first. A federal term of art doesn't move because 27,000 people picked a favorite.

Trump's own framing, as The Hill quoted the post: “Many people think that the words ‘Artificial Intelligence’ are inaccurate, and very ineloquent, relative to AI, or Artificial Intelligence.” He asked followers which name best suits the revolution he says is under way, and described the three alternatives as a more elegant and accurate label.

More than 27,000 users had weighed in as of 12:45 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, September 19, 2026, the outlet reported — roughly 50 minutes before it published. That figure counts participants, not preferences. No per-option tally and no winner are on the record.

He has floated this before. The outlet reported that Trump raised supreme intelligence as a replacement in late 2025, saying then that the choice belonged to industry leaders. The poll hands it to the feed instead.

It also arrives during a week when Republicans moved away from him on artificial intelligence. Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Jon Husted (R-Ohio) both broke with the administration's approach, the outlet reported, with Husted introducing legislation on Thursday dealing with tech companies and data-center infrastructure costs.

So there are two documents in play. One is a statute with a definition in it. The other is a poll on a social platform, with three capitalized adjectives and no published result.

Renaming the thing in law takes a vote in Congress. The ballot on Truth Social isn't that vote.