{ "updated": "2026-10-04", "entries": [ { "date": "2026-09-29", "who": "US federal executive branch (Executive Order 14434)", "type": "government", "what": "Executive Order 14434, \"Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence,\" directs federal departments and agencies to use \"Super Intelligence\" and \"SI\" in place of \"Artificial Intelligence\" and \"AI\" in official, non-statutory communications.", "status": "adopted", "source": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/" }, { "date": "2026-09-22", "who": "The White House (President Trump)", "type": "government", "what": "In his UN General Assembly address the President said the US government would use the term \"super intelligence\" in place of \"artificial intelligence.\"", "status": "adopted", "source": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/09/1168397" }, { "date": "2026-09-22", "who": "US State Department, Bureau of International Organization Affairs", "type": "government", "what": "A deputy assistant secretary emailed staff to change all references of \"Artificial Intelligence\" to \"Super Intelligence\" in the bureau's documents and positions.", "status": "adopted", "source": "https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/us-diplomats-told-term-super-intelligence-artificial-intelligence-136698441" }, { "date": "2026-09-23", "who": "Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act (Rep. Greg Casar, Sen. Bernie Sanders)", "type": "law", "what": "A proposed federal bill announced this day uses \"artificial superintelligence\" in its older technical sense, a system that exceeds human cognitive performance across most domains, rather than the new everyday SI term.", "status": "unknown", "source": "https://casar.house.gov/media/press-releases/news-casar-sanders-introduce-legislation-create-new-federal-agency-ban" }, { "date": "2026-09-23", "who": "Government of Canada (Minister Evan Solomon)", "type": "government", "what": "Asked about the proposed US rename, Canada's Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation said \"Canadians are not enthusiastic, at all, about renaming things.\"", "status": "unknown", "source": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-ai-rebrand-super-intelligence-025703999.html" }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "who": "Federal statutes (15 U.S.C. ยง 9401(3))", "type": "law", "what": "The statutory definition of \"artificial intelligence\" is unchanged; the executive order borrows it to define SI and requests proposed legislative language for a new federal definition within 60 days.", "status": "unknown", "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/9401" }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "who": "White House Accord on Super Intelligence signatories", "type": "vendor", "what": "Leaders of Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI and NVIDIA signed a voluntary safety accord whose title uses the Super Intelligence term.", "status": "partial", "source": "https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/09/white-house-unveils-super-intelligence-executive-order-and-industry-accord/416383/" }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "who": "Anthropic (Dario Amodei)", "type": "vendor", "what": "CEO Dario Amodei referred to \"AI\" rather than \"SI\" during the White House press conference on the accord.", "status": "unknown", "source": "https://sfstandard.com/2026/10/01/trump-rebrand-ai-superintelligence/" }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "who": "OpenAI (Greg Brockman)", "type": "vendor", "what": "President Greg Brockman referred to \"AI\" rather than \"SI\" during the White House press conference on the accord.", "status": "unknown", "source": "https://sfstandard.com/2026/10/01/trump-rebrand-ai-superintelligence/" }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "who": "xAI (Elon Musk)", "type": "vendor", "what": "Speaking at the White House event, Elon Musk corrected himself mid-sentence to say \"SI, pardon me.\"", "status": "partial", "source": "https://sfstandard.com/2026/10/01/trump-rebrand-ai-superintelligence/" }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "who": "America.gov (US Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia)", "type": "government", "what": "At the launch of the federal America.gov services portal, the US Chief Design Officer described it as \"an extraordinary use of AI.\"", "status": "partial", "source": "https://fedscoop.com/trump-launches-ai-site-america-gov/" }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "who": "State of California (Executive Order N-10-26)", "type": "government", "what": "Governor Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies to keep referring to \"Artificial Intelligence\" and \"AI\" notwithstanding federal terminology, unless inconsistent with the law.", "status": "declined", "source": "https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SIGNED_EO-N-10-26_9.30.26.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "who": "National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)", "type": "government", "what": "NIST updated its web pages to use \"super intelligence\" and said it is updating its communications as directed, while publications such as the AI RMF keep their original titles.", "status": "partial", "source": "https://www.nist.gov/super-intelligence" }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "who": "NVIDIA (Jensen Huang)", "type": "vendor", "what": "CEO Jensen Huang wrote on X that \"Super Intelligence offers an extraordinary opportunity to advance discovery, productivity, security, health, and prosperity.\"", "status": "adopted", "source": "https://x.com/JensenHuang/status/2105348324484342238" }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "who": "NIST Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI)", "type": "government", "what": "NIST's standards and evaluation center, previously the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), now operates under a name using the Super Intelligence term.", "status": "adopted", "source": "https://www.nist.gov/caissi" }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "who": "Federal Register", "type": "government", "what": "Executive Order 14434 was published at 91 FR 63129 (document 2026-20321).", "status": "adopted", "source": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-10-02/pdf/2026-20321.pdf" } ] }