Trump orders US government to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="Image: Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gettyimages-2250207971.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;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 is no longer acknowledging the existence of "artificial intelligence." Going forward, official policy websites, policy documents, and press releases will refer only to "Super Intelligence," thanks to a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/">new executive order </a>signed by President Donald Trump.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"The word super is the best word of all, and it's the simplest," Trump said at an event announcing the launch of <a href="http://america.gov">America.gov</a> earlier on Tuesday, and said Chinese President Xi Jinping, who visited the White House last week, "loves it," too. "We don't want to hear artificial. Because it's not artificial. It's very powerful, it's very brilliant. It's going to mostly be …</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>