An executive order titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence" was filed for public inspection on October 1 and is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on October 2, as Executive Order 14434. The order tells federal agencies to use "Super Intelligence" in most public writing in place of "artificial intelligence."
What it directs
Section 2 instructs executive departments and agencies to use "Super Intelligence" and "SI" instead of "Artificial Intelligence" and "AI," "to the maximum extent permitted by law," in "official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents, and other non-statutory documents." It adds that nothing in that section requires the alteration of "previously issued regulations, Presidential actions, contracts, grants, or other historical documents." Section 1 states the policy more broadly: the executive branch "will not acknowledge the usage of" the two older terms "in any applicable setting."
Section 3 fixes what the new term means for now: "Super Intelligence" and "SI" mean the same technologies already defined as "artificial intelligence" in 15 U.S.C. 9401(3), an existing federal statute. That definition governs "unless and until superseded by subsequent Presidential action… or by an Act of Congress."
"Within 60 days of the date of this order," the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology must submit proposed legislative language to the President for a new federal definition. The submission must include an assessment of whether, and how far, the new definition should "modify, expand upon, or otherwise supersede" the existing statutory one, any conforming changes to other laws that mention "artificial intelligence," and recommendations for further executive action to carry the new definition through the executive branch.
What the order does not do
The order does not itself write a new legal definition of "Super Intelligence" — Section 3 ties the term to the existing artificial-intelligence definition until Congress, or a later order, changes it. It does not appropriate money: Section 4 states that it "shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations." It also says the order does not "create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States." The order says nothing about AI safety standards, workers, energy policy or government procurement.
The dates
The order is dated at the White House September 29, 2026. It was filed for public inspection October 1 at 11:15 a.m. Eastern time and is scheduled to print in the Federal Register October 2. Section 3 runs its 60 days from "the date of this order," not from publication, so the proposal is due November 28, 2026, by this desk's count. That date is a Saturday, and the order sets no rule moving a deadline that falls on a weekend. The order sets no other deadline.