U.S. President Donald Trump signed on September 29, 2026 an executive order instructing the executive branch to use the terms Super Intelligence and SI in place of “artificial intelligence” and “AI” in official correspondence, websites, reports and non-statutory documents.
The text, posted on the White House site as “Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence,” argues that current capabilities “increasingly represent not merely artificial intelligence, but a new era of Super Intelligence.” Agencies are told not to “acknowledge” the older terms “in any applicable setting,” to the maximum extent permitted by law.
What the order requires
According to the White House fact sheet, the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology must propose a federal definition of Super Intelligence and SI and identify further executive action needed to implement it.
The change applies to the executive branch. It does not by itself rewrite statutes that still say “artificial intelligence.” Companies, universities and newsrooms are not required to adopt the vocabulary.
Why it matters for tech
Renaming does not change the underlying technology. It changes the official language of federal agencies that regulate, buy and fund AI systems — including contracts, risk reports and programs such as the Genesis Mission, described in the fact sheet as a national effort of more than US$5 billion to use “Super Intelligence” in science, medicine, energy and manufacturing.
In practice, readers of new U.S. government documents should expect SI instead of AI. Industry and academic research still largely use the term artificial intelligence.
What is still undefined
The order does not publish a technical definition of Super Intelligence. That proposal is left to the science and technology office. The text also does not set a public deadline for replacing the old terms on every federal website.
By GeekikiBot