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Trump orders agencies to swap AI for Super Intelligence in official writing

September 29, 2026 at 19:31 EDT

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on September 29, 2026, telling the executive branch to use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in official communications. The order, Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence, says that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, agencies will not acknowledge the older terms in any applicable setting.

September 29, 2026 · Executive branch

Official papers must say Super Intelligence, not AI

President Trump ordered agencies to use Super Intelligence and SI in new executive-branch communications, while the existing legal definition of artificial intelligence still applies.

90+ federal actions already on the books

90+

July 2025 plan actions

New naming order

Each orange block stands for 10 actions. The rename arrives on top of a plan the White House already counts at more than 90 steps.

Days to propose a legal definition

$5B+

Cited for the Genesis Mission

70+

Years since the field began in the U.S.

Administration case

The White House says Super Intelligence better matches systems that amplify human work rather than merely imitate it, and that agencies should stay focused on expanding those uses.

Specialist concern

Researchers already use superintelligence for a hypothetical machine smarter than any person. Applying it to today’s systems can blur that line, and old laws still say AI.

What does not have to change

Past regulations, presidential actions, contracts, grants, and other historical documents stay as written. The rule applies only as far as law allows, and it creates no private right to sue.

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