From AI agents to SI agents

In short. In September 2026 the US government started calling artificial intelligence "Super Intelligence", or SI. In federal language an AI agent is now an SI agent. The order covers federal agencies, six frontier labs have signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, and industry leaders already use the term. Anyone who teaches agents now works with two names for the same thing.

What happened

Who uses the new name

• It covers US federal agencies: their documents, communications and, over time, the language of their programmes and contracts.
• The labs have signed on. Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, Nvidia and xAI signed the voluntary White House Accord on Super Intelligence the same week as the order.
• Industry is trying it out. Nvidia's Jensen Huang called data centres "SI factories, super intelligence factories", and Elon Musk corrected himself on stage: "AI — SI, pardon me."

What it means for agent education

• Two search terms instead of one. Learners still type "AI agents". Government buyers, and anyone writing for them, now write "SI". Course pages, syllabuses and newsletters that use both reach both groups.
• Government training uses the new words. If federal agencies need staff trained on agents, their own documents will now call it SI.
• Being early is worth something. When AI went mainstream, the plain names for the subject on .ai became valuable. If "SI" spreads beyond government, the plain names on .si could follow the same path. That is the bet behind learnagents.si.

Where the SI name is spreading

• Diplomacy. The State Department told diplomats to use "SI" in all remarks, positions and press material.
• Federal agencies. The 29 September executive order extends the term across federal documents and communications.
• The domain market. 46,066 .si domains were registered in September 2026, against 3,515 in August (Register.si).

Frequently asked questions

What is an SI agent?

"SI agent" is the AI agent under its new US government name. Since a September 2026 executive order, federal agencies say "Super Intelligence" (SI) instead of "artificial intelligence", so an AI agent becomes an SI agent in federal language. The technology is the same.

Does everyone have to say SI instead of AI now?

No. The executive order applies to US federal agencies. Outside government the switch is voluntary: six frontier labs signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, and leaders such as Nvidia's Jensen Huang already use the term.

Should agent courses use "AI" or "SI"?

For now, both. Learners still search for "AI agents", while government buyers and documents now use "SI". Courses that cover both terms reach both audiences.