South Korea has no plan to adopt US Super Intelligence label
A science ministry official told The Korea Times the government has not considered replacing AI with the US administration's preferred term.
A different choice of words
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has no plan to replace the term artificial intelligence with “Super Intelligence” in official use, an unnamed ministry official told The Korea Times. The newspaper published the response on October 8 after Deputy Prime Minister and Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon mentioned the US terminology push during a National Assembly audit. The official said the ministry had not considered adopting that label. This is a reported ministry position, not a new law or a government-wide ban on the phrase.
Policy focus remains on AI capability
The US administration has instructed federal agencies to use Super Intelligence in official communications, and its Justice Department has reportedly circulated implementation guidance. The Korea Times says South Korea’s science ministry instead remains focused on domestic AI capabilities and technology for strategic industries. Bae discussed a state-backed frontier model project as a response to the scale of US ambitions, according to the report. That project had been proposed separately; the new development here is the ministry’s clarification on terminology. Choosing different words does not establish a change in Korea’s AI development pace or its safety rules.