Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence (Executive Order 14434)

Summary

Directs the executive branch to use 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' in place of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' in non-statutory documents and communications, defining SI by reference to the statutory AI definition (15 U.S.C. 9401(3)). The Assistant to the President for Science and Technology must propose legislative language for a federal SI definition and conforming amendments within 60 days. The order contains no substantive safety requirements.

Safety topics

Scope

Borderline scope Terminology order; existing scope_note kept.

Status notes

Signed 29 Sep 2026 and published in the Federal Register on 2 Oct 2026 (Vol. 91, No. 190, pp. 63129-63130). Sec. 2(b) does not require any change to previously issued regulations, presidential actions, contracts, grants or other historical documents. Under Sec. 1 it is the administration's policy that the executive branch will not acknowledge the usage of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' in any applicable setting. The APST's legislative proposal, due about 28 Nov 2026, is also to assess whether the new definition should modify, expand upon or supersede the statutory definition of AI, and to recommend further executive action. NIST's CAISI page now names the centre the 'Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI)' (US-15), and the White House fact sheet on the order refers to a 'National Super Intelligence Policy Framework'. The White House Accord on Super Intelligence (US-27) is dated the same day as the order.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/

Secondary source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-inaugurates-the-era-of-super-intelligence/

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History

1. 2026-10-18related: [{"slug": "us-caisi", "id": "US-15"}, {"slug": "us-joint-commitment-frontier-res → [{"slug": "us-caisi", "id": "US-15"}, {"slug": "us-joint-commitment-frontier-res — two-way link added: US-23 link(s) to US-262026-10-18-fix-related-links · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2. 2026-10-18scope_note: Sets terminology for superintelligence and asks for a statutory definition rathe → Terminology order; existing scope_note kept. — pipeline run 2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 (recheck), candidate US-262026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
3. 2026-10-18notes: Signed 29 Sep 2026; published 2 Oct 2026. It does not require changes to existin → Signed 29 Sep 2026 and published in the Federal Register on 2 Oct 2026 (Vol. 91, — checked against the order's text: added the Federal Register volume and pages, the Sec. 1 policy of not acknowledging 'AI', and the scope of the APST proposal; the CAISSI rename and the accord are no longer called consequences of the order, since no stored source says so2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
4. 2026-10-18official_url: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/02/2026-20321/inaugurating-the → https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of- — the Federal Register page (the old official_url) returns a bot-check page to the archiver every time; the whitehouse.gov page of the order carries the full text and links the Federal Register print, both stored in this run, as for EO 14409 (US-23)2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
5. 2026-10-14scope_note: – → Sets terminology for superintelligence and asks for a statutory definition rathe — borderline under the include-and-flag rules of issue #22026-10-14-issue-2-scope-notes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
6. 2026-10-14notes: Signed 29 Sep 2026; published 2 Oct 2026. It does not require changes to existin → Signed 29 Sep 2026; published 2 Oct 2026. It does not require changes to existin — scope caveat moved to scope_note2026-10-14-issue-2-scope-notes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), now CAISSI United States · Published (non-binding, current)

White House Frontier AI Accord (2026) United States · Published (non-binding, current)

White House National AI Legislative Framework United States · Published (non-binding, current)

EO 14409 (frontier AI & cybersecurity order) United States · In force

Citation

The White House (President Donald J. Trump). Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence (Executive Order 14434) [Executive Order 14434; 91 FR 63129 (FR Doc. 2026-20321)]. 2026-09-29. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/US-26/2026-10-17/official.html retrieved 2026-10-17 22:12:25 UTC, SHA-256 316f5e3a37fb60330ef5e811cda4eed6c0333a725195c27903f7fc78eba94e4e. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record US-26.

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