Artificial Intelligence
Nadella adopts Trump’s super intelligence wording
In a blog post, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella used the term 'Super Intelligence', echoed Donald Trump's preferred wording, and argued for tighter controls on AI models while criticising OpenAI and Anthropic.
- Satya Nadella used the phrase "Super Intelligence" in his latest blog post instead of artificial intelligence.
- The article said Trump had posted that people who kept saying "Artificial Intelligence" should be considered an enemy.
- Nadella wrote that companies should treat AI models like insider security threats.
- He called for model diversity, full logging, independent auditing and a way for humans to shut systems down.
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella's latest blog post used the phrase "Super Intelligence" rather than artificial intelligence. The piece linked that wording to Trump's preferred term and said Trump had previously attacked continued use of "Artificial Intelligence".
Nadella said companies should treat AI models as insider security risks. He wrote that capable actors can make mistakes or be compromised, and that containment and control should account for access to important systems.
He also said current AI systems do not explain why they produce answers or decisions. In his view, organisations should use more than one model, keep full logs, audit independently and allow people to shut systems down.
The article said the post targeted OpenAI and Anthropic and that it was really about Microsoft's business position. It argued that if AI models became the main computer interface, Microsoft could end up dependent on other companies and face pressure on margins.
Named in this story
People
- Satya Nadella
- Microsoft chief executive who wrote the blog post
- Trump
- whose preferred wording the article said Nadella was adopting
Companies
- Microsoft
- the company whose business the article said was at stake
- OpenAI
- one of the model makers Nadella criticised
- Anthropic
- one of the model makers Nadella criticised
Organisations
- Google Deepmind
- said to have suggested treating models as insider security threats
How the source tells it
The piece was polemical and accusatory, using loaded phrasing and asserted motives to frame Nadella’s post as fear-driven corporate manoeuvring.
- Outrage loaded verbs and adjectives cast Nadella as bowing, attacking and fearmongering
- Speculation presented as fact the article states Microsoft’s business motive and the post’s ‘real’ purpose without evidence
- Threat inflation security-risk language turns the models into an insider-threat narrative