President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to use the term super intelligence, or SI, in official communications, websites, reports and policy materials that are not governed by statute. According to Nextgov/FCW, the order also gives the White House science and technology adviser 60 days to develop proposed legislative language defining the concept in consultation with agency leaders.
The administration will consider whether the proposed definition should change, broaden or replace the existing legal definition of artificial intelligence. Trump introduced the terminology at the United Nations General Assembly the previous week before announcing the policy at an America.gov launch event.
The executive order followed a White House meeting on AI safety, where Trump and technology executives signed an agreement on safeguards for advanced AI models. The document calls for internal monitoring, dedicated oversight teams, independent external audits and a separate committee to review audit findings.
Signatories included Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, xAI CEO Elon Musk and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. Musk described measures including shared monitoring and special board committees during Tuesday's event.
Vice President JD Vance argued that AI companies should take responsibility for addressing risks rather than relying on a new regulatory agency. He said existing authorities at the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department could hold developers accountable for products that harm consumers.