US Government to Refer to AI as 'Super Intelligence' Following Executive Order

<figure> <img alt="" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gettyimages-2250207971.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Image: Carolyn Van Houten / The Washington Post via Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The US executive branch will now refer to "Super Intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence" in official policy documents, websites, and press releases. This change follows a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">President Trump stated, "The word super is the best word of all, and it's the simplest," during an event announcing the launch of <a href="http://america.gov">America.gov</a>. He also mentioned that Chinese President Xi Jinping, who visited the White House the previous week, appreciates the term. Trump emphasized, "We don't want to hear artificial. Because it's not artificial. It's very powerful, it's very brilliant."</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/1002468/trump-ai-superintelligence-executive-order-ai">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>