The executive branch is officially retiring the term artificial intelligence. Following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, federal agencies, official websites, press statements, and policy documents will drop “AI” and use “Super Intelligence” or “SI” instead.
During remarks announcing the change, Trump argued that calling the technology artificial makes it sound fake, comparing the word to deceptive media reports. According to White House documents, the new language better captures transformative capabilities that extend beyond simple mimicry of human thought.
Current regulations, grants and contracts are not affected by the update. But from now on, government officials will not use the term “artificial intelligence” in communications from the executive branch.
A voluntary safety accord with top tech executives
The name change follows a White House luncheon with leading tech executives. The list includes Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and OpenAI President Greg Brockman.
After the meeting, Trump posted a signed, two-page document to Truth Social announcing a voluntary agreement titled the Joint Commitment On Frontier Responsibilities. Designed to let companies handle internal self-policing, the framework outlines four layers of auditing. These steps include internal safety monitoring during training, internal oversight teams, independent third-party evaluations, and company-designated review boards (via The Guardian).
Self-regulation and federal language changes
The agreement carries no legal enforcement mechanisms or statutory penalties. So, it allows firms to choose their own external evaluators and decide whether to make findings public. Speaking after the luncheon, Zuckerberg praised the agreement as an important step toward building public trust in emerging software tools.
Trump reiterated his stance against federal regulation, pointing to economic competition with China and arguing that existing law enforcement oversight from the Department of Justice and the FBI is sufficient. Science adviser Michael Kratsios now has 60 days to draft a formal definition for Congress regarding whether statutory definitions should permanently reflect the name change.
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