President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on September 29, 2026, titled "Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence," directing all executive departments and agencies to replace "Artificial Intelligence" and "AI" with "Super Intelligence" and "SI" in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents, and other non-statutory documents1[1].
The full text of the order, now published on whitehouse.gov, frames the directive in nationalist terms, stating that "the modern field of artificial intelligence was born in the United States" and that American innovators are pushing capabilities beyond what was originally envisioned when the term came into use.
Terminology mandate and legislative track
The order requires the executive branch to adopt "Super Intelligence" and "SI" in place of "Artificial Intelligence" and "AI" to the maximum extent permitted by law. Within 60 days of the signing, the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology must submit proposed legislative language to Congress to establish a federal definition of "Super Intelligence" and "SI". Previously issued regulations, presidential actions, contracts, grants, and other historical documents are not required to be altered.
BlockBeats, a digital-asset media outlet, had reported earlier on September 29 that Trump planned to sign the order and rename AI as "Super Intelligence," though at that time specific details and scope had not been disclosed2.
Regulatory context
The order arrives during a period of active AI policy development. Anthropic's IPO prospectus, circulated in recent days, projects a valuation exceeding $2 trillion while warning that advanced AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity"[3]. Separately, Pope Leo XIV publicly rebuked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by name over AI governance, injecting moral authority into a debate the White House has treated primarily as an industry matter[2].
ANALYSIS The terminological shift carries no immediate regulatory burden on AI developers, since the order explicitly exempts existing regulations and contracts from revision. The practical effect is confined to executive-branch communications and branding. The 60-day legislative-language deadline, however, opens a channel through which a binding federal definition of "Super Intelligence" could eventually reach statute, a step that would carry substantive legal weight beyond nomenclature.