President Trump signed an executive order September 29 directing every federal department and agency to replace 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' with 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, and policy documents within 60 days. Existing regulations, contracts, and historical documents are exempted. The same day, roughly two dozen tech CEOs attended a White House luncheon and unveiled a voluntary 'Accord on Superintelligence.'
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Order Details
The Assistant to the President for Science and Technology has 60 days to submit proposed legislative language establishing a federal SI definition and assess whether it should modify existing statutory AI definitions. Scope covers all procurement specs, regulatory filings, and foreign-policy statements. White House Fact Sheet argues current US systems already exceed human expert benchmarks across medicine, law, and engineering — a milestone no peer competitor has matched.
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Strategic Framing
China's state plan targets AI 'world leadership' by 2030 using the old framing. The SI rename lets export-control architects build a new capability tier separate from existing AI control buckets — making Beijing's catch-up benchmark harder to define. Nvidia rose 1.3% on September 29. CNBC noted polls show Trump sinking on the AI issue — the rebranding serves a political as well as strategic function.
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Industry Response
Two dozen tech CEOs unveiled the voluntary 'Accord on Superintelligence' at the White House luncheon. Microsoft and Google updated federal-contract documentation within hours of signing. OpenAI and Anthropic declined immediate comment. IAPP notes the order is executive, not statutory — Congress can still write 'AI' into law — but procurement language follows White House direction, and that is where the money moves.
The rename is executive, not statutory. But procurement follows White House direction — and that is where the real money moves.
Sources
- ✓ White House — Fact Sheet: President Trump Inaugurates the Era of Super Intelligence — September 29, 2026
- ✓ IAPP — AI by Any Other Name: White House Directs Federal Agencies Into the Era of Super Intelligence — September 30, 2026
- ✓ CNBC — Trump Tries to Rename AI 'Super Intelligence' — September 29, 2026
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