The Trump administration requires all executive branch departments and agencies to use the phrase 'superintelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence'.

Posted by Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov, Sep 30, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Confidence: 95%

Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovSep 30, 2026

… Aaron and Jessica react, with an eye toward the expression on Katie Britt's face. Trump is working overtime to make "superintelligence" a thing. All executive branch departments and agencies are now required to use that phrase instead of "artificial intelligence," a change announced after a White House lunch with AI — or is it SI? — leaders. The tech leaders signed what Trump called a "morally binding" agreement to establish AI safety standards — a one-page, voluntary pact calling for four layers of controls and auditing, including internal monitoring, outside evaluators, and independent board …

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Executive Order 14434, signed September 29, 2026, directs all executive branch departments and agencies to use "Super Intelligence" (SI) instead of "Artificial Intelligence" (AI), which matches the claim as of its 2026-09-30 posting date. The claim's spelling "superintelligence" differs only trivially from the order's "Super Intelligence", and the post's wording is faithfully extracted.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What we found

Supports. The White House fact sheet states the order directs all departments and agencies to use "Super Intelligence" and "SI" in official correspondence, public communications, and policy documents, and to no longer acknowledge "Artificial Intelligence" or "AI".[2]

Supports. The Federal Register publication of EO 14434, "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence," is dated September 29, 2026, and confirms the executive branch requirement.[3]

Supports. Politico and CNBC both report that the executive order requires all federal departments and agencies to use the new term instead of artificial intelligence.[4][5]

Supports. PolitiFact confirms the same-day executive order directing executive departments and agencies to use "super intelligence" rather than AI in official communications.[1]

Context. PolitiFact notes the AI industry already uses "superintelligence" to mean a different concept, a type of AI that does not yet exist, but this does not change whether the government requirement exists.[1]