Trump: "Artificial Intelligence" users are enemies; AI.gov becomes SI GOV

The renaming did not start as a formal policy. On September 19, Trump posted on Truth Social that "Artificial Intelligence" was an inaccurate term and put three alternatives to a vote. Three days later, in his September 22 address to the UN General Assembly, he said he would use "Super Intelligence" going forward — a term that had not appeared among the three options. A September 25 fact sheet on Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit said the two leaders agreed to use the term.

The formal step came on September 29, when Trump signed an executive order titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence", directing federal agencies to use "SI" in official letters, publicity, websites and reports. Existing rules and contracts do not have to be rewritten. On October 4, the administration announced a new body, the "Super Intelligence Force" (SIF), to coordinate federal work in the SI field.

The private sector is already reacting: on October 4, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on X that he intends to rename the company's AI unit "SpaceXAI" to "SpaceXSI". The shift is, for now, a naming directive rather than a change in what the technology does — though the choice of "Super Intelligence" over the more common "Artificial Intelligence" signals how the administration wants the field framed.