Trump issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to use "Super Intelligence" instead of "Artificial Intelligence" in official documents, and his administration is now characterizing people who use the term "AI" as enemies. The move has drawn criticism from those who see it as government overreach on language use.

• Trump's September 29 executive order mandates all federal agencies adopt "Super Intelligence" and "SI" terminology in official communications and documents.
• The White House framed the terminology shift as honoring the technology's potential and America's leadership, though the rationale for the specific rebranding remains unclear.
• Critics argue the mandate is un-American government control of speech, while others simply called it lame; the shift also aligns with Elon Musk's recent terminology changes.

Greece's prime minister visited San Francisco to attract tech investment and was unusually candid about not having answers to AI's societal challenges. He acknowledged that governments are scrambling to keep pace with AI's speed and effects on jobs, education, and human development.

• Greece is positioning itself as a tech hub after its debt crisis recovery—it now borrows more cheaply than the U.S., regains developed market status next year, and is offering tax breaks and visa programs to lure talent and companies back.
• Mitsotakis admitted governments are behind the curve on AI policy; Greece's ban on social media for under-15s may already be obsolete given AI chatbots, and he warned that job displacement will happen faster than any society is prepared for.
• He called for AI development to slow down and backed "smart regulation," arguing that if AI lab leaders admit uncertainty about how their models work, policymakers need to listen rather than pretend to have solutions.

A US official told AP that Anthropic’s Mythos model identified vulnerabilities in classified government systems within hours during Project Glasswing tests with intelligence agencies. The Trump administration then barred foreign access to Mythos and its limited Fable 5 model under a security directive, prompting cybersecurity experts to warn that restricting these tools could weaken US defenses.

• Anthropic's Mythos model found vulnerabilities across nearly all tested classified US government systems in hours, not weeks, per NSA/Cyber Command head Gen. Joshua Rudd
• The Trump administration barred foreign nationals from accessing Mythos 5 and Fable 5, and Anthropic responded by disabling the models for all customers, not just foreign users
• Over 100 cybersecurity leaders (including Adobe and Nvidia executives) are pushing to reverse the ban, arguing Mythos isn't uniquely capable—other models do similar security auditing—and restricting it could weaken US defenses against rival states

In early 2026 the US government blacklisted Anthropic over its safety guardrails in Pentagon contracts while OpenAI secured its place on the classified network and Iran attacked AWS data centers used for military AI. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s revenue soared past $30 billion, hyperscaler partnerships expanded, and rival labs raced to release new models amid an industrial-scale distillation clash.

• The White House ordered federal agencies to drop Anthropic over its refusal to remove safety guardrails from a Pentagon contract, while OpenAI stepped in to fill the gap on the classified network.
• Iran struck AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, marking the first direct military attack on commercial cloud infrastructure supporting US AI operations.
• Anthropic's revenue tripled from $14B to over $30B annualized in under a month, driven by enterprise clients paying $1M+/year, though it counts gross cloud-partner revenue unlike OpenAI's net figures.
• OpenAI locked in massive hyperscaler deals (a $50B AWS deal, $100B over eight years) while running at a $25B annualized pace with a $280B revenue target by 2030.