Explainer
AI vs SI: What Is the Difference?
Three meanings now share one set of letters: everyday AI, research superintelligence, and the new official US usage. Here is how to tell them apart.
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Tracking the shift from AI to SI
Welcome to the Age of SI
Everything you need to know about the move from artificial intelligence to super intelligence, updated as it happens.
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Explainer
What Is Super Intelligence (SI)? The AI Rename Explained
A plain language guide to the US government switch from "artificial intelligence" to "super intelligence," who is using the new term, and what it changes.
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Business
What the Shift to Super Intelligence Means for Business Owners
The tools stay the same. The paperwork, the press, and the pitch decks are the parts most likely to change wording. A practical, neutral guide.
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Timeline
The SI Rename Timeline: From the UN Speech to the Xi Summit
Every documented step in the AI to SI switch, dated and attributed, from the Sept 22 UN address to the White House fact sheet on the Xi visit.
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SI Tracker
Who has adopted the SI term
A running record of documented adoptions, each with a date and a link to the reporting. Last updated Sept 30, 2026.
Sept 22, 2026
President Trump, UN General Assembly
In his address in New York, he said US government documents would stop saying "artificial intelligence" and would use "super intelligence," or "SI," and said he hoped other countries would follow. He said the word "artificial" makes the technology sound fake.
Sept 22, 2026
White House communications
The White House used the new phrase in its summary of the UN remarks. Before the speech, the president had tested alternative names such as "superior intelligence" in online polls.
Sept 22, 2026
State Department, Bureau of International Organization Affairs
The bureau was told by email, titled "Change in Nomenclature AI to SI," to switch all references to super intelligence. Whether other bureaus or agencies followed was unclear.
Sept 23, 2026
US representatives, UN Security Council
US representatives used the SI term at a Security Council meeting on AI. AP noted that a broader switch could mean renaming the "AI Force" the president had announced to an "SI Force."
Reading order for newcomers: What Is Super Intelligence (SI)? The AI Rename Explained, AI vs SI: What Is the Difference?, What the Shift to Super Intelligence Means for Business Owners, The SI Rename Timeline: From the UN Speech to the Xi Summit.