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Trump Pushes 'Super Intelligence' Label for AI, but No Executive Order Is Confirmed

September 29, 2026 at 15:44 EDT

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President Donald Trump has moved to recast artificial intelligence as "Super Intelligence" in U.S. government language, but the public record does not confirm that he has signed an executive order requiring the rename. The shift began with his September 22 address to the United Nations General Assembly, where the White House later highlighted his statement that artificial intelligence would be "hereinafter officially called 'Super Intelligence'" in a release on the speech.

Sept. 2026 · U.S. AI policy

AI gets a political rebrand

Trump is pushing the label "Super Intelligence" for artificial intelligence, but the public record supports a messaging shift, not a confirmed executive-order rename.

Sept. 22

UN remarks put the term into White House messaging.

State Department bureau instruction reported.

Nov. 2026

Next U.S.-China SI exchange is due.

What is confirmed versus not confirmed

0confirmed executive orders

1reported bureau instruction

2governments in SI dialogue

The record shows adoption in messaging and diplomacy, while a binding government-wide rename remains unconfirmed.

Speech

The phrase enters official White House messaging.

Agency use

Diplomatic language begins to shift in at least one bureau.

Diplomacy

The U.S. and China set up an SI dialogue and incident channel.

Supportive reading

The label aligns with a pro-growth AI strategy and a U.S.-China channel for risk discussions.

Critical reading

The label collides with an existing technical term and may confuse legal and policy discussions.

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