Pentagon's 'Super Intelligence Office' is just AI with a new coat of paint

The Pentagon has renamed its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) to the 'Super Intelligence Office' (SIO), following a Trump administration directive to replace 'AI' with 'super intelligence' across federal agencies. The Defense Department says this is just a branding change that reflects priorities moving forward, with the office's leader claiming they're now focused on harnessing 'sovereign Super Intelligence' for military superiority.

The rebrand has raised eyebrows in the tech community, where 'superintelligence' refers to hypothetical AI surpassing human intelligence—something that doesn't exist yet. The office's actual work remains the same: expanding AI tools for military operations through platforms like GenAI.mil, running the Maven Smart System for targeting, and managing data hubs. The takeaway? This is classic government bureaucracy—spending time and resources on renaming things rather than building actual superintelligence.