Breaking News · September 30, 2026, 6:20 PM CDT
As reported by CNBC:
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered all executive branch departments and agencies to use the term "super intelligence" instead of artificial intelligence.
The executive order, announced by the White House after Trump hosted a lunch with a slew of AI leaders, shows the president attempting a forced rebrand for an industry he has tightly embraced even as Americans grow increasingly wary about the rapidly advancing tech.
Multiple recent polls show majorities of Americans expressing concerns about AI and disapproval of how Trump has handled the issue.
But the president, who insists that beating China in the race to AI dominance is an all-important goal, has dismissed as a "hoax" the dire warnings that have been raised about the technology — including by some of the executives who joined him at the White House on Tuesday.
Trump signed the executive order, titled "Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence," to "recognize the continuously advancing technological frontier and the limitless promise it offers the American people," the White House said in a fact sheet.
The new term must be used by all departments and agencies in official correspondence, public communications, policy and other documents in the executive branch, the order states.[1]
How 5 outlets are reporting it
- Trump’s Voluntary A.I. Policing Echoes What Biden Did. But Is It Enough Today? (The New York Times)
- Here’s The White House’s 308-Word AI ‘Accord’ In Full—Including Misspelling (Forbes)
- Trump tries to rename AI 'super intelligence' as polls show him sinking on key issue (CNBC)
- Trump Makes Hilarious Mistake in White House AI Announcement (Yahoo)
- Exclusive / How Zuckerberg shaped Trump’s AI industry pledge (Semafor)
What Yahoo reports
The White House Accord on Super Intelligence is a voluntary pact requiring companies to monitor risks and maintain board-level oversight of advanced AI systems.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang praised a new White House pact on advanced artificial intelligence, calling it a milestone for the industry's responsible development going forward. A glaring typo on the signature page quickly overshadowed the announcement he had hoped to make.[2]
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References
- CNBC. Trump tries to rename AI 'super intelligence' as polls show him sinking on key issue. ↩
- Yahoo. Trump Makes Hilarious Mistake in White House AI Announcement. ↩
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