Morning Brief, Oct. 5: What the ‘era of super intelligence’ means—and what the new federal label changes

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New in United States

• What the ‘era of super intelligence’ means—and what the new federal label changes. Trump’s Executive Order 14434 directs agencies to replace “AI” with “SI” in communications; the federal definition remains unchanged for now.
• What Trump’s new AI task force is meant to do. Donald Trump named DNI Jay Clayton to lead the Super Intelligence Force, which will assess AI risks and recommend a federal role within 120 days.
• SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI: What Musk’s planned name change means. Elon Musk agreed to rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, adopting Trump’s “super intelligence” wording; the proposed change has not taken effect.

Last week

• Fall COVID, flu and RSV shots: What the CDC recommends for 2026–27 (Sept. 28). The CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccination for adults, flu shots from 6 months, and RSV shots for adults 75+ and higher-risk adults ages 50–74.
• GAO estimates up to $304 billion in annual tax fraud losses; IRS lacks coordinated strategy (Sept. 28). GAO estimates tax fraud costs the federal government $116B to $304B annually and says the IRS lacks a strategy to coordinate fraud-risk management.
• Why the Supreme Court lifted a last-minute stay of Christa Pike’s execution (Sept. 30). The Supreme Court lifted a federal appeals court stay in Christa Pike’s scheduled execution at Riverbend in Nashville on Sept. 30.

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