# Executive Order 14434: Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence

- **Jurisdiction:** United States (federal) (US)
- **Type:** Executive order · **Status:** In force · **Binding:** yes
- **Issued by:** The President (Executive Office of the President)
- **Proposed:** — · **Adopted:** 29 Sep 2026 · **Effective:** 29 Sep 2026
- **Next milestone:** 28 Nov 2026: OSTP to propose statutory definition of 'Super Intelligence' and conforming amendments
- **Obligations:** Government use of AI
- **Sectors:** Public sector

## Summary
Requires executive-branch agencies, to the extent permitted by law, to use 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' instead of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' in correspondence, websites, reports and policy documents, defining SI by reference to the existing statutory definition of AI (15 U.S.C. 9401(3)). It asks OSTP to propose legislation within 60 days on whether a statutory 'Super Intelligence' definition should supersede 'artificial intelligence'.

## Why it matters
Mostly a terminology change with no new duties for companies, but federal documents, solicitations and agency names (e.g. NIST's CAISI web pages) are already being relabelled, which affects search and contract language.

## Source
[Federal Register](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/02/2026-20321/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence) · [secondary](https://www.nist.gov/caisi)
Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. Does not alter existing regulations, contracts or statutes. California's governor responded on 30 Sep 2026 with an executive order keeping the term 'Artificial Intelligence' in state use.

## Cite
Executive Order 14434: Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence. The President (Executive Office of the President). Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-eo-14434-super-intelligence-terminology-2026/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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