{"event":{"id":"evt-hist-us-ai-si-terminology-eo-20260929","dedupe_key":"executive_terminology_policy_adoption:2026-09-29:us-executive-order-directs-federal-ai-terminology-change-to-super-intelligence","event_type":"executive_terminology_policy_adoption","title":"US executive order directs federal AI terminology change to Super Intelligence","summary":"On September 29, 2026, US Executive Order 14434 directed executive-branch departments and agencies, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to use 'Super Intelligence' (SI) in place of 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI) for new official correspondence, websites, reports and other non-statutory materials. It does not require rewriting previously issued regulations or historical documents. Under section 3, the order temporarily uses the pre-existing statutory AI definition, while requesting proposed legislative language for an updated SI definition within 60 days. This is an institutional naming and messaging change, not evidence that present models have attained scientific superintelligence, not a new generally applicable statute, and not proof of improved public acceptance.","occurred_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","published_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","observed_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","reconstructed_at":"2026-10-11T20:06:00.000Z","ingest_type":"historical_backfill","locations":null,"status":"verified","confidence":0.99,"metadata":{"document":"US Executive Order 14434","mapping_mode":"retrospective","reconstruction":"Retrospectively registered on October 11, 2026; no LIVE scan change or CivilizationSnapshot.","epistemic_scope":"What the executive order directs; subsequent implementation and public opinion are distinct questions.","legal_limits":"Only to maximum extent permitted by law, within executive branch; prior documents unaffected.","not_claimed":["technological achievement of superintelligence","compulsory private-sector use","new enforceable public speech prohibition","realized public opinion improvement","new civilization transition"]},"created_at":"2026-10-11T20:14:26.826Z","updated_at":"2026-10-11T20:14:26.826Z"},"artifacts":[{"id":"art-hist-us-eo14434-si-naming-20260929","dedupe_key":"26cfd455b996e645cfaa11082920277eb0be1fab28486dc0c2775a459fb8cc6f","canonical_url":"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/","evidence_locator":"","artifact_type":"executive_order","title":"Executive Order 14434: Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence","summary":"September 29 presidential directive instructing US executive agencies, within legal limits, to prefer Super Intelligence (SI) over Artificial Intelligence (AI) in new non-statutory official materials; existing statutory AI definition continues to apply for purposes of the order, pending a possible legislative definition proposal.","creator_entities":["Executive Office of the President of the United States"],"released_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","content_hash":null,"metadata":{"evidence_locator":"Section 2 implementation and historical-document exceptions; Section 3 statutory definition and 60-day proposal provision","epistemic_scope":"Institutional terminology change, not scientifically achieved superintelligence or a new federal statute."},"created_at":"2026-10-11T20:14:26.825Z","updated_at":"2026-10-11T20:14:26.825Z","relation":"evidenced_by"},{"id":"art-hist-wh-si-eo-fact-sheet-20260929","dedupe_key":"23560b89e36c280f5429b33691114a956a3f1af2cd7b52e00489503ba0339356","canonical_url":"https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-inaugurates-the-era-of-super-intelligence/","evidence_locator":"","artifact_type":"government_fact_sheet","title":"White House fact sheet on Super Intelligence executive order","summary":"Administration-issued accompanying September 29 explanation of EO 14434 terminology policy and pending proposal for an updated federal definition.","creator_entities":["The White House"],"released_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","content_hash":null,"metadata":{"evidence_locator":"Official fact sheet dated September 29, 2026","epistemic_scope":"Official implementation intent, not measured adoption or opinion change."},"created_at":"2026-10-11T20:14:26.825Z","updated_at":"2026-10-11T20:14:26.825Z","relation":"corroborated_by"}],"signals":[]}