United States President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York. [Photo Credit: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas]

Donald Trump has lashed out at countries seeking to rein in artificial intelligence, even suggesting the technology’s name should be changed to lessen anxieties, as Anthony Albanese urges further safeguards.

In an address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Australian time, the US president said the technology should be renamed as “super intelligence”, rejecting calls for further protections for it.

He said AI had a potential to be bigger than the Industrial Revolution or the internet.

He said the use of the technology should be actively encouraged, instead of being curtailed.

Mr Trump has previously said concerns about AI were a hoax and limiting its growth would cause America to cede ground to China.

The comments come a day after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined more than 20 other countries urging greater oversight for AI.

The joint statement – also signed by Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and South Africa – warned the pace of AI’s development could outpace abilities to manage the associated risks.

The prime minister will tell a UN coalition for child protections in the AI age that while the technology had the potential for opportunities, there were dangers involved.

The UN coalition will be held alongside French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

Mr Albanese will say countries cannot manage the challenges of AI alone.

Mr Albanese was in the audience for Mr Trump’s address to the United Nations, alongside Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

The prime minister also briefly spoke with former foreign minister Julie Bishop and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

He will come face-to-face with the US president for a gala dinner being held for visiting leaders as part of the UN on Tuesday, New York time.

However, it is not known if the two leaders will sit down for a formal bilateral meeting during the UN General Assembly.

Mr Albanese was also set to outline plans to the UN forum for Australia to legislate national standards for AI.

The prime minister announced the standards in a speech in July in Sydney, which established rules for how data centres can operate.

He will tell the forum Australia had the potential to lead the world on AI standards much as it had on social media reforms, which banned accounts for users under 16.