Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in most official government communications.
The order, signed on September 29, 2026, applies to official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents and other non-statutory documents within the U.S. executive branch.
The order describes the change as a way to reflect the rapid development of advanced AI technologies. Importantly, for the purpose of the order, “Super Intelligence” and “SI” currently refer to technologies covered by the existing legal definition of artificial intelligence. The order also asks officials to develop a possible federal definition of “Super Intelligence” within 60 days.
The change is already being implemented in parts of the U.S. government. The Justice Department has instructed staff to use “super intelligence” in most contexts instead of “artificial intelligence.”
What about the .SI domain?
- The terminology change has also raised an interesting question about internet domain names.
- The
.aidomain is officially the country code top-level domain of Anguilla, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. It has become strongly associated with artificial intelligence and is widely used by technology companies. - The
.sidomain is the country code top level domain of Slovenia. - Some technology observers may therefore wonder whether growing use of the term “SI” could increase interest in
.sidomain names. - However, there is currently no evidence that
.siis becoming a major technology domain because of Trump’s terminology change. Any possible increase in demand would be a future market trend, not an established fact.
What this means
- Trump’s order represents a significant change in terminology within the U.S. federal government, but it does not mean that the global technology industry has officially replaced “AI” with “SI.”
- For now, “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” remain widely used terms around the world, while the U.S. executive branch has been directed to use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in the contexts covered by the order.
- The possible impact on
.sidomain names remains an interesting question for the technology and domain name markets.
