America is in a race for super intelligence, if you ask President Trump.
The Trump administration rebranded its federal artificial intelligence portal, AI.gov, under the SI banner, in line with his September executive order officially renaming AI in nonstatutory documents such as websites and reports.
The site says, “Whoever builds the largest SI ecosystem will set the global standards and reap the economic and security rewards.
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“Under President Trump, the nation aims to usher in a new golden age of innovation, human flourishing and technological achievement for the American people.”
First lady Melania Trump rejoined the AI frenzy, announcing on Tuesday the 2027 Presidential Super Intelligence Challenge and a First Lady Seal of SI Readiness to invite K-12 students, educators and schools to the table.
Her Presidential AI Challenge launched in August 2025, and she said that drew more than 20,000 students. The 2027 round is a relaunch.
“America’s next groundbreaking idea is already sitting in a classroom,” Mrs. Trump said in a statement. “We must give our children the knowledge, tools and opportunities to bring those ideas to life.”
Under the initiative, student participants complete a project involving the study, development or use of an “SI method or tool to address community challenges,” while educators will focus on “creative approaches to teaching or using SI technologies in K-12 learning,” according to the website.
It aims to “accelerate interest and expertise” in the rapidly growing industry and will simultaneously “demystify” the technology and prepare students to be “confident participants in the SI-assisted workforce.”
On the site, the Trump administration touts 13 executive orders on AI across both of the president’s terms in office.
His executive actions focus heavily on deregulation, preemption of state laws, national security and government modernization.
In September, he launched America.gov, an AI-powered digital chatbot and portal to consolidate access to public services and federal databases.
Mr. Trump signed an executive order in June directing agencies to design a voluntary framework for developers of advanced AI models to engage with the federal government before releasing their models. The order also directs agencies to strengthen cybersecurity for federal systems and critical infrastructure and to prioritize prosecuting AI-enabled cybercrime.
Last year, he directed the attorney general to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge and preempt state-level AI regulations that conflict with federal policy and also revoked a Biden-era mandate, setting a deregulatory tone aimed at accelerating domestic innovation.
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