On September 29, 2026, the US president signed the executive order Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence. It directs federal executive agencies to use Super Intelligence (SI) instead of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in new official correspondence, websites, reports and other non-statutory materials. Previously issued documents do not have to be rewritten. Read the order.
The headline sounds like a technological leap. The order itself makes an important distinction: for now, SI covers the same technologies and systems as the existing statutory definition of AI. Changing the label does not establish that a particular model has become superintelligent or alter its capabilities.
What actually changed in the US?
This is a terminology rule for the federal executive branch, not a new name imposed on the rest of the world or on private companies. There is real implementation: NIST says it is updating its communications under the order. The order does not automatically amend statutory definitions or historical documents. Within 60 days, the presidential science and technology adviser must propose possible legislative language. A proposal is not an enacted law. Source.
Are Russia and international bodies following?
As of October 7, 2026, I have not found a verified Russian decision to adopt “SI.” Russia's official AI portal still uses artificial intelligence and the Russian abbreviation ИИ. That is evidence of present usage, not a prediction of a future position.
Nor is there evidence of a general international switch. The European Commission still refers to the AI Act, the UN runs its Global Dialogue on AI Governance, and the current ISO/IEC 22989 terminology standard is titled Artificial intelligence — Artificial intelligence concepts and terminology. These examples show how major institutions write today; they do not prove the term can never change.
Should a business rename its product and SEO pages?
I would wait. AI remains familiar to an international audience, just as ИИ is familiar in Russia. Renaming a product, documentation and search pages without a product change risks confusing readers. If you serve US federal clients, track the wording in their new documents and use SI where the context calls for it. But do not imply that a current system is a superintelligence simply because an official label changed.
The useful questions are more concrete: What can the system do? What evidence supports its answer? Where are human review and limits needed? When two policies disagree, checking sources and dates matters more than the two letters used to describe the technology.
For Yasnora AI, we are keeping the clear product name and describing capabilities according to their actual availability. The name should not promise more than the product can demonstrate. Yasnora is part of the Wicsora ecosystem. Explore it at yasnora.com or yasnora.ai.
Does “SI” add clarity—or just a bigger promise?
Checked October 7, 2026. Terminology and government practice may change.
