CSA interprets EO 14434 and the CAISSI renaming: mostly branding adjustments, with one provision worth noting

CSA Labs analyzed Executive Order EO 14434, signed on September 29, 2026, which requires executive branch agencies to replace Artificial Intelligence and AI with Super Intelligence and SI in non-statutory communications, and imposes no safety or compliance requirements on the private sector. Section 3(a) of the Executive Order defines the new terms as artificial intelligence under 15 U.S.C. § 9401(3), and therefore does not change existing regulations, contracts, or grants; Section 2(b) explicitly does not require modification of previously issued regulations, presidential actions, contracts, and grants. The only provision with substantive impact is Section 3(b), which requires the President's science and technology assistant to submit a legislative proposal for a federal statutory definition of Super Intelligence within 60 days (approximately November 28, 2026), and to assess whether to modify, expand, or replace the current AI definition. CSA recommends that companies add a terminology cross-reference table, anchor legal and contract citations to their respective texts, and track the definition proposal, rather than rewriting control frameworks around the new terminology.