Trump Signs Executive Order Replacing Artificial Intelligence With Super Intelligence

President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order directing federal departments and agencies to replace the terms Artificial Intelligence and “AI” with Super Intelligence and “SI” across official correspondence, public communications, policy documents, and non-statutory documents, according to a White House fact sheet. The order mandates that the executive branch will no longer acknowledge the legacy terms where applicable (Business Insider).

President Trump Signs Executive Order Rebranding Artificial Intelligence as Super Intelligence

Explaining the terminology change during an event announcing the America.gov website, Trump stated that the word super is the best and simplest choice (Business Insider). We don’t want to hear artificial. Because it’s not artificial. It’s very powerful, it’s very brilliant, Trump said, adding that the technology will be put mostly to good use (Business Insider).

Implementation and Timeline for a New Federal Definition

The executive order directs the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology to propose an official federal definition of Super Intelligence and “SI” that captures the state of the technology (White House). The science and technology advisor has a 60-day window to propose legislation establishing the new definition and to recommend potential changes to existing legal references (Business Insider).

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For the time being, the newly adopted label covers the same underlying technologies as the existing federal framework (Business Insider). Federal agencies are not required to retroactively rewrite historical documents, previously issued regulations, active grants, or existing contracts (Business Insider).

White House Tech Summit and Industry Self-Regulation Accord

The executive order coincided with a White House meeting hosted by President Trump on Tuesday, bringing together top technology executives (Yahoo News). Attendees included Tesla and SpaceX leader Elon Musk, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google chief Sundar Pichai, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, and Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang (Yahoo News, Business Insider).

President Trump Participates in a Meeting and Luncheon on Super Intelligence

During the gathering, Trump and the technology leaders signed a morally binding document designed to act as protection against potential risks (Yahoo News). Trump described the pact as almost like a constitution, in a way (Yahoo News). Under the agreement, participating firms take responsibility for technology safety, commit to implementing operational safeguards, and agree to work alongside independent auditors (Yahoo News).

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Speaking briefly during the announcement, Anthropic chief Dario Amodei emphasized the importance of safety measures alongside innovation (Business Insider). We all need to work together to make sure that we can win, and we can win safely if we do this right, Amodei stated (Business Insider).

Broader Policy Context and Economic Initiatives

The White House framing ties the rebranding effort to broader federal programs aimed at maintaining national leadership in the sector (White House). According to administration details, the federal government has committed more than $5 billion to the Genesis Mission, a national initiative intended to accelerate breakthroughs across science, medicine, energy, and manufacturing (White House).

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The administration also released an action plan in July 2025 outlining more than 90 federal actions focused on infrastructure, and subsequently unveiled a national policy framework in March 2026 (White House). During Tuesday’s discussions, Trump also suggested that data centers should be referred to as super intelligence factories to reflect their role in reindustrializing the economy (Yahoo News).