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State Department orders ‘super intelligence’ wording across all official communications

Tesla, X and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks to reporters as US President Donald Trump looks on outside the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Trump held a meeting earlier that day on "super intelligence" with tech CEOs in the East Room. Tierney L. Cross/Pool/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

October 20, 2026 01:28 PM ET

An internal cable from the agency extends Trump’s terminology change to emails, speeches, websites and official titles, while preserving legal language and historical records.

The State Department has instructed personnel to replace “artificial intelligence” with “Super Intelligence” in official communications and rename its AI-related programs and systems, bringing President Donald Trump’s terminology change into the daily work of U.S. diplomacy, according to two people familiar with the matter and contents of an unclassified cable obtained by Government Executive and Nextgov/FCW.

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