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White House directs agencies to use “Super Intelligence” terminology

A September 29 executive order directs federal agencies, where law permits, to use “Super Intelligence” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” in non-statutory communications and propose legislative language for a federal definition within 60 days. It does not create a technical classification or new private-sector rules.

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White House executive order directing agencies to use the term Super Intelligence
White House order changes federal terminology for artificial intelligence · Source: The White House View source

A September 29 executive order directs executive departments and agencies, to the extent permitted by law, to use “Super Intelligence” or “SI” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents, and other non-statutory materials.

A terminology directive and a 60-day task

The order also directs agencies to submit proposed legislative language within 60 days for a federal statutory definition of artificial intelligence. The deadline is for a proposal; the order itself does not enact a new statutory definition.

The directive applies to federal executive-branch communications. It does not impose new requirements on private companies or establish a technical threshold separating AI from “super intelligence.”

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