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Here’s the Bizarre Story **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary On September 30, 2026, the White House signed an executive order titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence," directing federal agencies to replace the term "AI" with "SI" in official communication, despite no federal definition of "Super Intelligence" existing. The same day, CEOs of major AI companies including Google, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Anthropic signed a separate voluntary "White House Accord on Super Intelligence" on safety practices, while leaving room for future federal regulation. OpenAI's CEO also said the company will delay going public until confident in its safety decisions. The piece argues the renaming is mostly symbolic or political branding, while the substantive news is labs agreeing to self-police alongside the possibility of tighter regulation later, against a backdrop of increasingly autonomous AI agents shipping to the public. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What did the White House executive order on AI terminology actually say? Signed September 30, 2026, the executive order titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence" directs federal agencies to replace the term "AI" with "SI" (Super Intelligence) in executive-branch communication, even though no federal definition of Super Intelligence has been established. Critics note AI and superintelligence are not technically equivalent terms in AI research. _Developers tracking AI governance shifts can follow policy stories like this one on daily.dev._ ### What is the White House Accord on Super Intelligence that AI company CEOs signed? It is a voluntary, described as "morally binding," agreement on AI safety practices signed by CEOs of major AI companies including Google, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Anthropic on the same day as the related executive order. It leaves room for tighter federal regulation later, which several executives have reportedly said they would support. _Those weighing how seriously to take industry self-regulation can track these commitments on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenAI asks Washington to lead a global AI standards push](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-asks-washington-to-lead-a-global-ai-standards-push-u2z3dtir1) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Download: murky AI surveillance laws, and the White House cracks down on defiant labs](https://daily.dev/posts/the-download-murky-ai-surveillance-laws-and-the-white-house-cracks-down-on-defiant-labs-dt57mspax) · MIT Technology Review · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates](https://daily.dev/posts/silicon-valley-spooks-the-ai-safety-advocates-suop1nvby) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#ai-safety](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-safety), [#ai-governance](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-governance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-white-house-just-signed-an-order-to-stop-calling-it-ai-here-s-the-bizarre-story-hvb3pygrc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The White House Just Signed an Order to Stop Calling It \"AI.\" Here’s the Bizarre Story","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-white-house-just-signed-an-order-to-stop-calling-it-ai-here-s-the-bizarre-story-hvb3pygrc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-white-house-just-signed-an-order-to-stop-calling-it-ai-here-s-the-bizarre-story-hvb3pygrc"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T02:49:08.981Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T02:53:31.892Z","description":"On September 30, 2026, the White House signed an executive order titled \"Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence,\" directing federal agencies to replace the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d6ab0a9a223ee01bc82d647f54feb2d2?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d6ab0a9a223ee01bc82d647f54feb2d2?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-white-house-just-signed-an-order-to-stop-calling-it-ai-here-s-the-bizarre-story-hvb3pygrc","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,openai,ai-safety,ai-governance","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The White House Just Signed an Order to Stop Calling It \"AI.\" Here’s the Bizarre Story"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-white-house-just-signed-an-order-to-stop-calling-it-ai-here-s-the-bizarre-story-hvb3pygrc#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What did the White House executive order on AI terminology actually say?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Signed September 30, 2026, the executive order titled \"Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence\" directs federal agencies to replace the term \"AI\" with \"SI\" (Super Intelligence) in executive-branch communication, even though no federal definition of Super Intelligence has been established. 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