Pentagon renames its AI office the 'Super Intelligence Office'

Nov 13, 2026
The rename of the Chief Digital and AI Office follows President Trump's order to replace 'AI' with 'super intelligence' across government.

The US Department of Defense has renamed its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office the Super Intelligence Office, Breaking Defense reports. The department says the mission is unchanged and the rename follows President Trump's September instruction that federal agencies replace references to AI with "super intelligence," because he argued "artificial" made the technology sound fake.

The term has raised questions in the tech world, where superintelligence usually means a hypothetical AI that exceeds human intelligence overall, which does not exist. "Our mission is to harness the full power of sovereign Super Intelligence to ensure decisive military superiority across every domain," said Cameron Stanley, who leads the office.

The office runs the Maven Smart System targeting platform and the War Data Platform. The new name will roll out over the coming weeks, with programs and contracts continuing unchanged, and a new domain, SI.mil.

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