President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the 29th mandating that all US federal agencies replace the term artificial intelligence (AI) with super intelligence (SI) in official communications, reports, and public documents. The policy aims to reflect the transformative capabilities of the technology, which the administration argues goes beyond simple automation.
The directive requires federal departments to adopt the new terminology to the maximum extent permitted by law, though historical documents, existing contracts, and previously enacted regulations remain unchanged. Michael Kratsios, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, has been tasked with overseeing the official definitions and potential updates to the term.
Industry leaders, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, have already begun using the SI designation. Huang described data centers as super intelligence factories, while Musk emphasized the potential for a future of high universal income driven by these systems. Trump confirmed that the US will not slow down development, citing national security interests.
To address safety concerns, executives from six major technology firms—Google, Tesla, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, and Nvidia—signed a binding ethical agreement at the White House. The pact mandates collaboration with independent auditors to verify model performance and the implementation of internal controls overseen by independent board committees to prevent system breaches.
Data from the World Intellectual Property Organization indicates that AI accounted for 53% of global venture capital deals in 2025, rising to 77% in the first half of 2026. The United States currently leads with 12,752 deep-tech startups, followed by China with 3,466 and the UK with 2,133.
