Donald Trump orders federal agencies to rename AI ‘Super Intelligence’
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to replace the term 'AI' with 'Super Intelligence' in official documents. The administration claims the new terminology better reflects the power and potential of the technology.
Why it matters
This represents a significant shift in federal administrative language and branding regarding emerging technologies, potentially impacting future policy and regulatory frameworks.
Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to replace "AI" with "Super Intelligence" and announced the change alongside a lineup of tech CEOs. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to replace "AI" with "Super Intelligence." The order says "SI" covers the same technologies as the federal AI definition. Tech leaders like Elon Musk and Dario Amodei joined Trump at the announcement. Artificial intelligence is getting a presidential rebrand . Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing federal agencies to replace “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” with “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in official communications, websites, reports, and policy documents, wherever legally permitted. “The word super is the best word of all, and it’s the simplest,” Trump said earlier Tuesday at an event announcing America.gov, an AI-powered website meant to give Americans a simpler way to find federal information. “We don’t want to hear artificial. Because it’s not artificial.
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