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The executive order reads: "As these capabilities continue to improve, they no longer represent more than just AI, but a new era of 'SI.'" As the American public becomes increasingly concerned about the risks of artificial intelligence (AI), the White House issued an executive order to rename AI (SI, or Super Intelligence).
On the 29th local time, Trump signed the above-mentioned executive order. According to the executive order, the term "SI" more accurately summarizes the capabilities of this rapidly evolving technology because it does "much more than imitate or automate certain aspects of human intelligence."
The executive order reads: "As these capabilities continue to improve, they no longer represent more than just AI, but a new era of 'SI.' The terminology used by the federal government should reflect the transformative capabilities of these technologies and the endless opportunities they create for the American people."
"It is not 'artificial', we all agree on that." Trump said on the 29th.
On the same day, U.S. technology company executives signed a "morally binding" document on artificial intelligence at the White House.
Who will use "SI" in the future
In the field of AI, the term "superintelligence (SI)" usually refers to an artificial intelligence that surpasses human cognitive abilities at almost all levels of thinking. Artificial intelligence capable of super intelligence has not yet been achieved.
The current executive order issued by the White House requires that all U.S. federal agencies must use this new term or its abbreviation "SI" when mentioning this technology in public promotions, websites, reports, and policy documents.
The executive order stated that the term SI can more appropriately reflect the prospects, potential and rapid development capabilities of these technologies. "In view of this, this government has established the following policy: To the maximum extent permitted by law, executive departments should use SI to replace AI, and will no longer recognize the use of 'artificial intelligence' and 'AI' in any applicable circumstances."
The executive order also stated that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, U.S. executive departments and agencies should use "super intelligence" and "SI" instead of "artificial intelligence" and "AI" in official letters, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents and other non-statutory legal documents within the administrative system. However, it does not require changes to previously issued regulations, presidential actions, contracts, appropriations, or other historic documents.
In addition, according to the executive order, Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will be responsible for determining whether the official definition of the new term needs to be modified or expanded.
In fact, the week before, Trump had started using this new term at the United Nations General Assembly to refute calls for strengthening industry regulation. He assured world leaders that technology company executives would put in place appropriate "guardrails" for their respective AI models.
It is reported that Tesla CEO Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have both changed their names to call AI SI. Jensen Huang said at an event that data centers are now becoming "super smart factories (SI factories)."
Musk also seemed to quickly accept the new name SI. When talking about the upcoming benefits of the technology on the 29th, he corrected his statement midway. "What is worth emphasizing is the positive benefits brought by AI - oh no, it should be SI -." Musk said, "This is super intelligence. I think the most likely result is an era of extreme material abundance; by then, people will enjoy not just universal basic income, but universal high income."
AI controversy
Currently, the AI industry is driving a rebound in venture capital financing and R&D spending.
According to a previous report by Oxford Economics, in terms of investment, U.S. investment is growing at an annual rate of about 3%, but this is entirely due to the AI field. If the strong expansion of AI-related industries is excluded, U.S. investment is actually shrinking at an annual rate of about 2%.
Data released by major international institutions also show that AI is boosting global trade and investment.
WTO chief economist Robert Staiger recently said in an interview with China Business News that the AI investment boom has indeed driven significant growth in global trade and enhanced the resilience of global trade in the face of various shocks, such as policy changes or waterway blockades.
“However, although the AI boom has promoted trade growth, this growth mainly shows regional characteristics rather than being widely distributed in all regions of the world. This is worth noting when analyzing macro statistics and micro-level data.” He emphasized.
On the 29th, the 2026 Global Innovation Index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization showed that AI accounted for 53% of global venture capital transactions in 2025, rising to 77% in the first half of 2026. The United States has 12,752 deep technology startups, China has 3,466, and the United Kingdom has 2,133.
However, in the United States, security concerns caused by the rapid development of AI have become the focus of public opinion.
On the 21st, the "Independent International Scientific Group on AI" established by the United Nations General Assembly issued a special briefing stating that the risk of AI getting out of control has increased.
Bengio, co-chair of the expert group, said researchers have long warned that three things can lead to loss of control: inconsistent goals, the ability to achieve goals, and the environment that allows it to happen. This summer, all three occurred simultaneously in a real system, not a lab. Given that this is not an isolated goal inconsistency, Bengio said, it raises serious questions about the way AI agents are currently trained.
Faced with the above-mentioned security concerns, the White House responded by signing a "morally binding" document with American technology giants.
According to reports, the agreement was signed by executives from six technology giants, namely Google CEO Pichai and Musk, Anthropic CEO Amodei, Meta CEO Zuckerberg, OpenAI President Brockman and Huang Jensen.
To put it simply, the document requires the company to cooperate with an independent external audit agency to evaluate whether the model "operates as expected"; it also requires the company to implement internal controls, that is, relevant control measures are monitored by a dedicated team, and the team itself is supervised by an independent committee under the board of directors to ensure that the model does not invade the system.
Trump reiterated that he will not slow down the development of AI and emphasized that maintaining the United States' leadership in this technology field is a matter of national security.
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