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U.S. President Donald Trump invited the heads of major tech companies to the White House for a luncheon meeting. During the gathering, President Trump and the attending corporate leaders signed a document changing the official term for AI to SI, an abbreviation for Super Intelligence.
Jeon Byeong-nam reports from Washington.
[Reporter]
U.S. President Donald Trump held a large-scale luncheon meeting with the CEOs of major AI tech companies.
The meeting was attended by Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos.
President Trump reaffirmed his stance that he will not curb technological growth, stating that the changes brought by AI will surpass the Industrial Revolution or the introduction of the internet.
[Donald Trump / U.S. President: We have a very big lead and we're going to keep that lead, and that's a very positive thing. This (AI) is an incredible industry.]
Trump, who has argued that the term AI, or Artificial Intelligence, should be replaced with SI, Super Intelligence—a name he coined—signed an official name change agreement with the Big Tech leaders.
Regarding the need for AI regulation, he advocated for self-regulation and utilizing systems within the established institutional framework.
[Donald Trump / U.S. President: There's a belief that there should be strong self-regulation, and we are automatically regulated by things like the Justice Department, the FBI, and others.]
Seemingly mindful of the public opposition to the construction of data centers that has become a political issue in the U.S., Trump also mentioned that "the areas where data centers are built will become very wealthy."
At the earlier launch event for the AI-based federal government portal "America.gov," he mentioned the AI technology gap with China, emphasizing that the side that wins this competition wins national competitiveness.
[Donald Trump / U.S. President: There are only winners and losers, and there probably won't be a second place. We are currently ahead of China and other countries, and President Xi also knows that the U.S. is way ahead.]
President Trump's public hosting of a name-change event and his push for self-regulation are interpreted as a direct rebuttal to the recently rising calls for slowing down the pace of AI development.
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