President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order renaming Artificial Intelligence as “Super Intelligence” across the United States government. Every federal department and agency must now use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI”, a change the White House says better reflects what the technology can do today.
The order was signed on 29 September 2026, after a White House summit with the heads of Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceX and Nvidia. Sundar Pichai, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk and Jensen Huang all signed a shared agreement on safety, promising strong internal checks within their companies.
The order applies to the American government only, and the UK will continue to use the term artificial intelligence. Even so, the companies at the centre of the announcement build much of the technology British businesses use every day, and several have pledged billions of pounds to the UK.
Taken together, the developments give companies in both countries a clearer view of where the technology is going and more confidence to invest in it.
Clear US rules help companies plan
American businesses will soon have a clear legal definition of the technology to work with. The President’s science and technology adviser has been asked to write an official definition of Super Intelligence, and officials have 60 days to prepare the wording for US federal law.
This follows steady progress over the past year. America’s AI Action Plan, released in July 2025, set out more than 90 government actions to support new ideas and build the country’s technology infrastructure. A National Super Intelligence Policy Framework followed in March 2026, with proposals to make sure every American benefits.
Clear rules make it much easier to invest with confidence. British companies that sell into the US or work with American partners can now plan knowing which way policy is heading.
Funding opens markets
The American government is putting real money behind the technology. More than $5 billion has been announced for the Genesis Mission, a national programme using Super Intelligence to speed up progress in science, medicine, energy and manufacturing.
This opens doors for companies well beyond the technology sector. Hospitals, energy firms and manufacturers are all named as areas of focus, creating room for research partnerships and new commercial services. The President has also backed the rapid building of more data centres, which provide the computing power the industry needs, bringing further opportunity for construction and energy suppliers.
Shared safety pledge builds trust
The agreement signed at the White House gives customers a simple reason to feel confident. Every company that signed has promised to put strong internal checks in place, and the President called the document “morally binding” on its signatories.
Mark Zuckerberg welcomed the result, saying the agreement “should give people more confidence that the technology each lab is building will work as intended.” The President also announced plans for a board to oversee the safety of these tools. British businesses rely on the same suppliers, so they benefit from these checks too, even though the UK was not part of the agreement.
New tools for the workplace
Practical products that save time are already here. OpenAI launched Dots on the day of the summit, a digital assistant that works inside popular workplace messaging platforms and carries out tasks in the background for its user.
The company says that “Dots are remarkably capable, always-on agents built to handle everything.” It connects with more than 4,000 apps, so it can work alongside the software most organisations already use. Meta has also launched Muse, a personal assistant for everyday tasks, and competition between the two should give businesses more choice and better value.
A major listing for investors
Investors may soon be able to buy shares in one of the leading companies in the field. Anthropic, maker of one of the most powerful models available, is reported to be planning a US stock market listing for November, with company leaders telling investors it could be worth up to $2 trillion, according to a leaked prospectus.
A listing of this size would set a new benchmark for the value of the whole sector. UK investors would be able to take part through standard share-dealing platforms, in the same way they already buy other American shares.
What it means for British business
The strongest link between Washington and Britain is investment. Under the Tech Prosperity Deal, signed during the President’s state visit in September 2025, American technology firms pledged around £31 billion for UK artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure, part of roughly £150 billion of wider US investment announced at the time. Google committed £5 billion, including a new data centre in Hertfordshire, and Nvidia pledged to deploy 120,000 advanced chips across the country.
That investment is already reaching the regions. The government has designated AI Growth Zones to speed up new data centre projects, with sites near Newcastle in the North East confirmed as home to computing capacity for OpenAI’s Stargate UK project. As the American companies grow, British sites stand to gain more capacity, jobs and supply chain work.
The UK is also setting its own course on regulation, giving British firms a stable home market alongside access to American technology. The government is developing an AI Growth Lab, where regulators help test new products, and preparing a Regulating for Growth Bill. It has also opened a call for evidence, closing on 6 November 2026, on how AI can improve the energy system, which will shape a new AI for Clean Energy Strategy.