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U.S. Issues Executive Order 14434 Rebranding Federal AI as "Super Intelligence"
Date: September 29, 2026
Sources: The White House, Federal Register
Strategic Overview
President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 14434, titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence", ordering all executive branch departments and agencies to officially replace the terminology "Artificial Intelligence" ("AI") with "Super Intelligence" ("SI") in public communications, agency websites, administrative directives, and non--statutory documents.
Key Directives & Business Impact
- Nomenclature Mandate: Federal agencies are directed to adopt "Super Intelligence" and the abbreviation "SI" to align official terminology with frontier model autonomy and capabilities that surpass legacy narrower definitions.
- Statutory Reform Review: The directive initiates a formal review of the statutory definition established under the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. § 9401(3)). The Assistant to the President for Science and Technology is required to submit a comprehensive legislative proposal with updated statutory definitions to the President by November 28, 2026.
- Industry Accord: In parallel with the executive order, leadership from major technology providers—including Google, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, Tesla, and SpaceX—endorsed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, committing to voluntary safety governance while expanding domestic compute infrastructure.