The government stops saying AI
An order signed on Sep 29 tells every federal agency to say Super Intelligence and to stop acknowledging the words artificial intelligence. Three days later the White House's own website still reads "Lead the World in AI". How long does the old name last?
The 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
Executive order, "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence", 91 FR 63129, Sep 29, 2026Where it stands
- Not yet due Agencies say Super Intelligence and SI in place of artificial intelligence and AI. No date in the order
- Not yet due Proposed legislation defining Super Intelligence goes to the President. Nov 28, 2026
What would settle it
The government's own pages, which anyone can load. The order covers official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports and policy documents, and it gives agencies no date by which to switch. So a page that still says AI today has broken nothing, and this is a measure of speed and not of obedience. What does carry a date is the second half. Within 60 days the President's science adviser must send him proposed legislation defining Super Intelligence in law, which puts that on Nov 28. Two details in the text matter. The order does not require anyone to alter documents already issued, so older orders and plans keep their titles. And its own definition of Super Intelligence is the existing legal definition of artificial intelligence, word for word by reference, until Congress says otherwise. The name changes. The thing named does not.
Sixty days, when the proposed legal definition is due
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days to go, on 28 November 2026
The people
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Donald Trump
President of the United States
Signed the order on Sep 29, 2026.
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Elon Musk
Chief Executive, Tesla and SpaceX
Wrote "Super Intelligence (fka AI)" on X three days after the order. He is on the watchlist and nothing obliges him to use the term.
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Michael Dell
Chairman and CEO, Dell Technologies
Headed a post "Trusted Infrastructure for Super Intelligence" the day after the order. Also on the watchlist, also under no obligation.
Filings since 29 September 2026
On the record since then
Last checked by the sweep: loading
- 2026-11-08 Statement Trump on 60 Minutes, recorded at the White House on Nov 6 and aired Nov 8: President Xi is "all in to SI, as I call it", and, after a word from the interviewer, "'cause it really is super intelligence." He added that he does not "mind guardrails" as long as they do not put the country "in a deep second position". The interviewer said AI throughout, as does CBS's transcript; CBS is not bound by the order. The proposed legal definition is still due Nov 28. Source
- 2026-11-06 Statement Trump on Truth Social: "As President, I am 100% in favor of Super Intelligence (SI), and will work with the many States in the U.S. that want to become RICH by having them." The post names no order, bill or state, and the proposed legal definition the order asks for is still due on Nov 28. Checked at source. Source
- 2026-10-29 Data Loaded the same pages again. The White House menu now reads "Lead the World in SI" and links to SI.gov, though one "AI.Gov" link is still in it. AI.gov, which on Oct 2 used AI 45 times and Super Intelligence not once, is now titled "SI.gov | America's Super Intelligence Initiatives" and uses AI nowhere. The Internet Archive's last readable copy, from Oct 8, still has the old title, so the change came some time after that. Source
- 2026-10-27 Statement Trump on Truth Social, asking when The Wall Street Journal will switch to SI: "In short order, we will be officially BANNING the term, “AI/Artificial Intelligence,” in all relevant documents, and everything else, due to its inaccuracy." The order of Sep 29 already tells agencies to stop using it, so the post promises a further step without naming the document. Checked at source. Source
- 2026-10-05 Statement Trump on Truth Social on Oct 4: "I am announcing the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF)", to be led by the Director of National Intelligence, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, the Pentagon's research chief and the head of the Office of Personnel Management. The post refers to a "White House Accord on Super Intelligence" with technology companies. No order, memorandum or text of the accord had been posted on the White House site by the evening of Oct 5. Source
- 2026-10-05 Data Loaded the White House home page again. It still carries "Lead the World in AI" and the words Super Intelligence nowhere. The newest release on the same site reads the other way: the Oct 4 statement on the Kyoto Vision for science writes "super intelligence" and "SI" seven times in its text and AI not once. Source
- 2026-10-02 Statement Musk on X: "Super Intelligence (fka AI) is now acing accounting tests". Checked at source. Source
- 2026-10-02 Filing The order was published in the Federal Register at 91 FR 63129, three days after it was signed. Source
- 2026-10-02 Data Loaded three government pages on the day the order appeared in the Federal Register. The White House home page carries "Lead the World in AI" and "AI.Gov" in its menu and the words Super Intelligence nowhere. The priorities page is titled "Lead the World in AI". AI.gov is titled "President Trump's AI Strategy and Action Plan" and uses AI 45 times and Super Intelligence not once. Source
- 2026-09-30 Statement Michael Dell headed a product post "Trusted Infrastructure for Super Intelligence", the day after the order. Checked at source. Source
- 2026-09-29 Statement The White House's fact sheet for the order already writes in the new style, and applies it backwards. It refers to a "National Super Intelligence Policy Framework" from March 2026 and to the previous administration's "SI policies", while leaving "America's AI Action Plan" under its original title. Source
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