US Census Bureau renames AI survey to Super Intelligence under executive order
What happened
From 19 October 2026, the US Census Bureau has renamed "Artificial Intelligence / AI" to "Super Intelligence / SI" in its BTOS survey. According to Simon Willison's report on 2 November, the change is based on Executive Order 14434. Public reporting so far gives only the start date of the renaming, the survey name and the executive order basis, and does not disclose the order's specific provisions, the scope of the change or its effect on survey data.
Written by AI from the reports · updated 1 h ago
Timeline
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- Simon WillisonThe U.S. Census Bureau and “Super Intelligence”
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Heat of this event
Not enough continuous observations yet to draw a trend.