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Trump hosts tech chiefs for ‘Super Intelligence’ lunch, says AI will be officially renamed
Update (Sept. 29, 2026, 5:17 p.m. CT): At 4:17 p.m. CT, the White House posted an executive order titled “Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence,” dated Sept. 29, 2026. It states: “It is therefore the policy of my Administration that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the executive branch shall use the terms ‘Super Intelligence’ and ‘SI’ in place of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘AI’ and will not acknowledge the usage of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘AI’ in any applicable setting.” It directs federal agencies to use the new terms “in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents, and other non-statutory documents within the executive branch,” and says it does not require “the alteration of previously issued regulations, Presidential actions, contracts, grants, or other historical documents.” The order defines “Super Intelligence” and “SI” as the technologies covered by the existing legal definition of “artificial intelligence” in federal law (15 U.S.C. 9401(3)). It gives the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology 60 days to send the president proposed legislative language for a federal definition of “Super Intelligence” and “SI,” including whether it should “modify, expand upon, or otherwise supersede” the existing statutory definition. The order does not mention the luncheon or the accord. A White House fact sheet posted at 4:21 p.m. CT says Trump “signed an Executive Order to replace the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (‘AI’) with ‘Super Intelligence’ (‘SI’) in the executive branch.” As of 4:49 p.m. CT, the White House had not posted the accord or the post-meeting statement Trump said was coming. Read the executive order →
President Trump hosted leaders of the biggest U.S. technology and AI companies at the White House on Tuesday for what the White House billed as a “Meeting and Luncheon on Super Intelligence.” Speaking afterward in the East Room, he praised the executives as “the most brilliant people in the world,” said the United States has “a very big lead” in the technology and said a document would be signed “at about five o’clock” Tuesday “officially renaming” artificial intelligence as superintelligence. As of 3:19 p.m. CT, no such document had been posted on whitehouse.gov. At 4:17 p.m. CT, the White House posted it: an executive order titled “Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence.”
What Happened
The White House posted video of the event on its YouTube channel under the title “President Trump Participates in a Meeting and Luncheon on Super Intelligence.” Yahoo Finance, CNN and Reuters reported that it took place in the East Room.
White House staffer Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) posted a clip of the room at 1:42 p.m. CT: “.@POTUS hosts a Super Intelligence meeting at the White House.” Elon Musk quote-posted it at 2:55 p.m. CT with two words: “Super Intelligence.”
According to a seating chart the president posted on Truth Social, as reported by the Associated Press, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sat to Trump’s right and Musk to his left. CNBC reported that the chart put Vice President JD Vance across the table from the president, between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and House Speaker Mike Johnson.
What the President Said
- On the executives
- “These are the most brilliant people in the world. And the job they’ve done is unbelievable.” He said many of them had met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and him last week, and that Xi “acknowledged” they were “the most brilliant people.”
- On America’s lead
- “We have a very big lead and we’re going to keep our lead. And it’s a very positive thing.”
- On the Industrial Revolution
- “There are those that say it’s bigger than the Industrial Revolution. Now I don’t know if that’s so, but everyone seems to think it is and it could be substantially bigger.”
- On the name
- “We’re going to be signing a document today at about five o’clock, renaming artificial intelligence, because it’s not artificial. We all agree on that. And we’re going to be renaming it superintelligence, officially renaming it. And that’ll come out at five o’clock today.” He did not say what kind of document it would be. (Update: It was an executive order, posted at 4:17 p.m. CT.) In a later exchange with reporters, carried live by The Hill, he said: “It’s been officially changed to superintelligence or S.I.”
- On regulation
- “Well, there’s a belief that there should be tremendous self-regulation. And we automatically have regulation with the Department of Justice, the FBI, all of that. But the self-regulation is very important.”
- On local communities
- He said the companies will “work with local communities for the data centers, in particular.” “That might be supplying oil and gas. It might be supplying education. It may be helping teachers along financially, helping people along financially.”
- On data centers’ benefits
- He said areas with data centers have become “very rich” and that people’s “taxes have gone down, not up.” He did not cite figures, and we have not verified that claim.
- On the room
- “There’s an unbelievable feeling in this room, sort of a feeling of love for our country. And they want to do the right things. These are people that love our country, I can tell you that.”
Quotes below are from the White House’s own video of the remarks, except where noted.
A Signed ‘Accord’
In a longer exchange with reporters, carried live by The Hill, a reporter asked whether an accord everyone signed was binding. Trump answered: “I think it’s morally binding, yeah.” He said the administration was “thinking about forming a committee of sorts” of “maybe 10 people” to “watch over the whole enterprise.”
Reuters reported that Speaker Johnson said AI executives signed an “accord” on AI standards; Reuters said he did not detail what that means. In the same exchange, Huang said: “There’s no conflict between innovation, technology, and safety.”
The accord itself has not been released. As of 3:19 p.m. CT, we found no copy on whitehouse.gov. Trump also said the White House would put out “a statement in a little while” summing up the meeting; none was posted as of that time. As of 4:49 p.m. CT, neither had been posted.
The ‘Super Intelligence’ Name
Trump first announced the name change at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22. “From this point forward, all of the United States’s documents, and hopefully the world’s, will be changed to use the much more accurate term ‘super,’ as opposed to ‘artificial,’” he said, as reported by The Hill. The Associated Press reported that the State Department then ordered diplomats in one bureau to use “Super Intelligence” in their documents.
The executive order Trump signed earlier Tuesday creating America.gov already uses the new term. It says it is U.S. policy to “ensure that super intelligence used in connection with America.gov is accurate, reliable, and transparent.” That order does not rename the technology. As of 3:19 p.m. CT, whitehouse.gov’s Presidential Actions page listed no order, memorandum or proclamation renaming artificial intelligence. At 4:17 p.m. CT, it posted the executive order “Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence,” which directs agencies to use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI.”
Who Was There
News reports confirmed these attendees: Musk (Tesla and SpaceX), Huang (Nvidia), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Sundar Pichai (Google), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Bezos (Amazon), Dario Amodei and Tom Brown (Anthropic), OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Palantir CEO Alex Karp and AMD CEO Lisa Su, along with Vance, Johnson and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (AP, CNBC, CNN, Yahoo Finance and Reuters). The Australian Financial Review reported that Amodei was not visible when reporters were brought into the room.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was not on the list; Axios reported he would be at OpenAI’s annual conference in San Francisco instead.
Earlier Tuesday: America.gov
The lunch followed the morning launch of America.gov, the AI-powered portal for federal services that the president and vice president unveiled at an all-day event, CNBC reported. There, Trump said, “I will never stifle the growth of a technology that will be bigger than the industrial revolution,” the AP reported. On Monday, we read the site’s countdown code ahead of the launch.
Executive order: Streamlining Access to Government Services Through America.gov
- The White HouseExecutive order: Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence (Sept. 29, posted 4:17 p.m. CT)
- The White HouseFact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Inaugurates the Era of Super Intelligence (Sept. 29, posted 4:21 p.m. CT)
- The White House (YouTube)President Trump Participates in a Meeting and Luncheon on Super Intelligence (video, Sept. 29)
- Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) on X“.@POTUS hosts a Super Intelligence meeting at the White House” (video, Sept. 29, 1:42 p.m. CT)
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X“Super Intelligence” (quote post, Sept. 29, 2:55 p.m. CT)
- The White HouseExecutive order: Streamlining Access to Government Services Through America.gov (Sept. 29)
- The White HousePresidential Actions (checked Sept. 29, 3:19 p.m. CT)
- The Hill (YouTube)LIVE: Trump speaks after meeting with AI tech titans (Sept. 29)
- Associated Press (via The Boston Globe)Trump vows to never ‘stifle’ AI as leading executives urge caution (Sept. 29)
- CNBCTrump says he and tech leaders signed AI agreement that is ‘morally binding’ (Sept. 29)
- CNNTrump says he’ll order AI be renamed ‘super intelligence’ after meeting tech execs at the White House (Sept. 29)
- ReutersAI sector signed ‘accord’ on technology standards, US House speaker says (Sept. 29)
- Yahoo FinanceTrump gathers with AI leaders, floats ‘self-regulation’ as the way to deal with the technology’s dangers (Sept. 29)
- AxiosExclusive: Full list of attendees at White House AI lunch (Sept. 29)
- Australian Financial ReviewTech bosses lunch with Trump, who vows no AI slowdown (Sept. 29)
- The HillDiplomats ordered to use ‘super intelligence’ instead of ‘artificial intelligence’ in Trump push (Sept. 23)
- World Brief NowOur read of America.gov's code (Sept. 28)