Executive order renames Artificial Intelligence to Super Intelligence across US agencies

This is a White House executive order, titled Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence, that directs the executive branch to use Super Intelligence and SI in place of Artificial Intelligence and AI in most federal communications.

President Donald Trump signed the order on September 29, 2026, the same day the administration launched an AI-powered America.gov government portal under a separate executive order.

What it is

The order states that these capabilities increasingly represent not merely artificial intelligence, but a new era of Super Intelligence.

The accompanying fact sheet frames the change as recognition that the United States is the world leader in this technology and that federal naming should reflect that position.

What it requires

Agencies must use Super Intelligence and SI in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports and policy documents across the executive branch.

The order does not require agencies to alter previously issued regulations, presidential actions, contracts, grants or other historical documents.

Until further action, Super Intelligence and SI are defined as the technologies and systems already covered by the existing statutory definition of artificial intelligence in title 15 of the United States Code.

Within 60 days of the order, the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology must submit proposed legislative language to establish a federal definition of Super Intelligence for the President's consideration.

What security leaders should do

Treat this order as a naming and communications change rather than a new technical or risk-management standard, since it does not on its face alter existing agency AI governance obligations. Update internal documentation, policy templates, procurement language and vendor questionnaires so that searches and document classification tools recognize federal materials that now say Super Intelligence or SI where they previously said Artificial Intelligence or AI. Track the forthcoming legislative proposal on a federal definition of Super Intelligence, since a future change to that definition could eventually shift scope boundaries used in compliance mappings, procurement clauses and risk registers that currently rely on the existing artificial intelligence definition the order relies on for now. Keep contracts, historical filings and prior regulatory citations unchanged, since the order explicitly exempts those from the renaming requirement.