# Federal Agencies Replace AI References

Federal employees report that multiple agencies and departments have directed staff, following an executive order whose number and date were not provided, to replace references to “artificial intelligence” or “AI” with “superintelligence” or “SI.” Reported work spans agency documents, websites, connected back-end systems, communications, and course materials, with implementation deadlines ranging from a few weeks to month-end. The discussion identifies an operational content-remediation effort, not a specific solicitation or contract award, but the breadth of affected systems may create workload and schedule implications for agencies and their support contractors.

- Agencies and contractors supporting web platforms, content management, communications, and training may need to account for coordinated changes across both public-facing materials and connected systems.
- The reported deadlines vary by organization; teams carrying out the directives should confirm their agency’s scope and schedule, as neither is specified consistently in the discussion.
- No contract values, named vendors, solicitation details, or procurement contacts are reported, so the signals do not establish a discrete bidding opportunity.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 19, 2026

### Government Entities
- Unidentified U.S. federal agencies and departments

### Key Quotes
> All depts with websites gotta do it ... We have to go there and manually change everything. And then ofc the backend that’s gotta sync with a lot of other sites.
> — Commenter

> We got 2 emails about scrubbing all mentions of “artificial intelligence” and “ai” to the weird intelligence name they’re going with.
> — Original poster

### Sources
- [Anyone received agency directives to change AI to SI on all docs yet?](https://www.reddit.com/r/FedEmployees/comments/1xa3b7p/anyone_received_agency_directives_to_change_ai_to) - reddit-fedemployees