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Pichai responded to the comment with a humorous remark, saying, “Hopefully a better tagline than I’m a monster!” The exchange occurred during discussions on the development of frontier artificial intelligence."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The meeting, convened at the White House, included technology leaders such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Jensen Huang. According to a report by Live Mint, Trump's administration has replaced the term “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence” in its terminology."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on Trump's phrasing"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"While Donald Trump called Sundar Pichai a \"monster\", the exact phrasing varied across reports. Live Mint reported Trump said, “This guy is a monster, and nobody knows him. What a great life! To be a monster and not have to go through this. All you have to know is - SUNDARR! Sundar is his name.” Other reports state Trump called Pichai a \"monster\" as an introduction or a joke. 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