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Trump orders agencies to say Super Intelligence instead of AI

An executive order of 29 September 2026 tells agencies to say Super Intelligence, and gives the presidential science adviser 60 days to propose legislative language defining it.

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Key points

  1. The order says the executive branch shall use Super Intelligence and SI in place of Artificial Intelligence and AI, to the maximum extent permitted by law.
  2. It covers official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents and other non-statutory documents, and does not require changes to earlier regulations, contracts, grants or historical documents.
  3. Within 60 days the science adviser must propose legislative language for a federal definition. The order itself points to the statutory definition of artificial intelligence, 15 U.S.C. 9401(3).

What happened

President Trump signed the executive order Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence on 29 September 2026.

It sets the policy that the executive branch uses the terms Super Intelligence and SI in place of Artificial Intelligence and AI. Agencies apply this in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents and other non-statutory documents, to the extent the law permits.

The order does not require changes to earlier regulations, presidential actions, contracts, grants or historical documents. Within 60 days the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology must send the President proposed legislative language for a federal definition of Super Intelligence.

For the purposes of the order, it defines the term as the technologies covered by the existing statutory definition of artificial intelligence in 15 U.S.C. 9401(3).

What it means for you

Our view

The text we checked sets a naming policy for executive branch documents and points to the existing statutory definition of artificial intelligence, so it does not describe a new technical category.

It is qualified by the phrase "to the maximum extent permitted by law", and it does not require earlier contracts or grants to be rewritten. The definition due in 60 days is a proposal for legislation, not a definition in force.

If you sell AI products or services to federal agencies, check how your proposals and contract documents name the product, and watch for agency guidance that uses the new terms.

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1 Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence (Executive Order 14434)The White House · 29 Sep 2026 · 6 facts Open the source

  1. The White House published the executive order Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence on 29 September 2026. Quote: "INAUGURATING THE ERA OF SUPER INTELLIGENCE" (Executive Orders, September 29, 2026).

    INAUGURATING THE ERA OF SUPER INTELLIGENCE Executive Orders September 29, 2026

  2. The order says the executive branch shall use the terms Super Intelligence and SI in place of Artificial Intelligence and AI. Quote: "the executive branch shall use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” and will not acknowledge the usage of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in any applicable setting."

    It is therefore the policy of my Administration that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the executive branch shall use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” and will not acknowledge the usage of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in any applicable setting.

  3. Agencies apply the change to official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents and other non-statutory documents within the executive branch. Quote: "(a) To the maximum extent permitted by law, executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents, and other non-statutory documents within the executive branch."

    (a) To the maximum extent permitted by law, executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents, and other non-statutory documents within the executive branch.

  4. The order does not require altering previously issued regulations, Presidential actions, contracts, grants or other historical documents. Quote: "(b) Nothing in this section requires the alteration of previously issued regulations, Presidential actions, contracts, grants, or other historical documents."

    (b) Nothing in this section requires the alteration of previously issued regulations, Presidential actions, contracts, grants, or other historical documents.

  5. For the purposes of the order, Super Intelligence and SI mean the technologies encompassed by the term artificial intelligence as defined in section 9401(3) of title 15, United States Code. Quote: "the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” mean the technologies and systems encompassed by the term “artificial intelligence” as defined in section 9401(3) of title 15, United States Code."

    (a) For purposes of this order, and except where otherwise provided by law, the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” mean the technologies and systems encompassed by the term “artificial intelligence” as defined in section 9401(3) of title 15, United States Code.

  6. Within 60 days the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology must submit to the President proposed legislative language to establish a Federal definition of Super Intelligence and SI. Quote: "(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, ... shall submit to the President proposed legislative language to establish a Federal definition of “Super Intelligence” and “SI”"

    (b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology (APST), in consultation with the heads of other agencies as the APST deems appropriate, shall submit to the President proposed legislative language to establish a Federal definition of “Super Intelligence” and “SI” that reflects the capabilities described in section 1 of this order.

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