Elon Musk rebrands SpaceXAI following Trump directive

Elon Musk is changing the name of SpaceX's artificial intelligence unit from SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, following a presidential order that tells the federal government to say "Super Intelligence" instead of AI. Musk confirmed the change on X while replying to a user, writing that the company would make the switch and that SI is better, according to Fox Business.

The order, titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence," holds that the new label better captures what the technology can do. It governs public communications, government websites and reports. Laws passed by Congress are left alone until lawmakers approve matching amendments.

Fox Business reports that Musk has pushed the idea of super intelligence for over a decade, and that he endorsed Nick Bostrom's 2014 book on the subject, which cautioned about systems humans could not control. Musk said such a system might be more dangerous than nuclear weapons.

The rename also underscores Musk's closeness to the Trump administration. In 2025, he advised Trump as a special adviser, and the government hired xAI's Grok chatbot for some of its work. SpaceXAI emerged in July after SpaceX purchased xAI in a $1.25 trillion transaction, so this is the unit's second new identity in a few months.

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