Prompt Engineering SIWhat changed
In late September 2026 the US president said the government would use “super intelligence” (SI) in place of “artificial intelligence” (AI), and an executive order dated 29 September directs federal agencies to use the new term in official communications and documents. Earlier regulations, contracts and documents do not have to be rewritten. Companies have responded differently: Elon Musk said SpaceXAI would become SpaceXSI, while Meta has not changed its terminology and Amazon Web Services still has an “Artificial Intelligence” section.
Two meanings of SI
In government usage, SI is a new name for the whole field that was called AI. In research, superintelligence usually means a hypothetical stage of intelligence beyond human ability, so the two uses are not the same thing. Do not read the new name as a claim about what today’s tools can do. On this site there is a third, practical meaning: surer intelligence, using AI so that the answer is checked before it is trusted.
What it changes for your prompts
Nothing about the method. A clear task, relevant context, evidence boundaries and acceptance criteria still decide whether a result is useful. The tools you prompt behave the same under either name, so keep the habit of checking what comes back. Start with the prompt engineering basics, then see how to evaluate prompts.
Which term to use
Use the term your audience uses. In writing for a general or international audience, spell it out on first use, for example “artificial intelligence (AI), also called super intelligence (SI)”, then use one term consistently. Usage is still changing, so check current sources before you quote official wording.
Sources
News coverage used for this page: Forbes on the executive order and Newsweek on which tech leaders are adopting the term. Facts as of 13 October 2026.