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US executive order directs federal AI terminology change to Super Intelligence

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 It does not require rewriting previously issued regulations or historical documents.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.