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The White House just banned the term "AI."
From now on, every federal agency has to call it "Super Intelligence."
Trump signed the order on Tuesday, and bureaucrats across Washington are scrambling to update thousands of documents.
But wait, there's more:
OpenAI dropped GPT-6.1 Sol at one-fifth the price of Astra
Anthropic's IPO filings leaked they're chasing a $2 trillion valuation
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In today's post:
Trump bans "AI" from federal government
OpenAI's new model costs 80% less than its flagship
Anthropic aims for $2T valuation in IPO filing
Goodbye AI, Hello Super Intelligence
The U.S. government is officially dropping the term "Artificial Intelligence."
President Donald Trump signed an executive order forcing federal agencies to use the term "Super Intelligence" instead.
It is a massive rebranding effort to make the tech sound more powerful and less fake.
The details:
The executive order requires all federal agencies to replace "AI" with "Super Intelligence" or "SI" in official documents starting September 29, 2026.
Old contracts will stay the same, but all new websites, reports, and policies must use the new name.
The White House has 60 days to figure out the exact legal definition of what "Super Intelligence" actually means.
Trump also signed a voluntary safety agreement with top tech CEOs like Elon Musk and Dario Amodei.
This new safety agreement lets companies self-police their frontier models instead of dealing with strict government rules.
Why it matters:
This is a clear signal that the U.S. wants to lead the global tech race by hyping up its capabilities.
The administration prefers to let tech companies govern themselves rather than passing strict laws.
It shows a push to make the technology sound like a limitless superpower instead of a scary, artificial threat.
๐ก L8R's Take:
Changing the name does not change the actual tech or its risks.
Letting companies police themselves is a terrible idea that will definitely backfire.
We need real safety rules, not just a fancy new buzzword.
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OpenAI Drops GPT-6.1 Sol to Crush API Costs
OpenAI just launched a massive price war with its new GPT-6.1 Sol model.
This mid-tier powerhouse gives you flagship-level intelligence for a fraction of the cost.
It is a huge win for developers building complex AI agents on a budget.
The details:
The new GPT-6.1 Sol model costs just $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens, which is one-fifth the price of GPT-6 Astra.
OpenAI introduced a massive 95% discount for cached inputs, dropping the price to a crazy $0.10 per million tokens.
The model handles a massive context window of 1,050,000 tokens and can output up to 128,000 tokens at once.
It matches the flagship Astra model on software engineering tests like DeepSWE v1.1 and beats Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 on AutomationBench.
You can access it right now via the API, ChatGPT Work, Codex, and Microsoft Foundry.
Why it matters:
Building smart AI agents used to burn through cash very quickly.
The giant discount on cached tokens changes the game for long-running tasks.
Developers can now afford to run complex workflows without sacrificing brainpower. This puts heavy pressure on competitors like Anthropic to slash their prices too.
๐ก L8R's Take:
OpenAI knows exactly what developers actually want right now.
Cheap, smart, and fast models will win the AI race, not just giant expensive ones.
If you are building AI tools today, GPT-6.1 Sol is kinda your new best friend.
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Anthropic's Wild IPO: $2 Trillion Valuation
Anthropic is going public, and the numbers are absolutely insane.
The AI giant wants a $2 trillion valuation despite bleeding billions of dollars.
They just locked in half a trillion dollars for compute power to stay alive in the AI race.
The details:
Revenue hit $4.6 billion in 2025, but the company reported a massive $42 billion net loss.
Anthropic committed to spending $518 billion over the next 10 years on cloud and computing infrastructure.
This massive spending includes an $84.5 billion deal with SpaceX's xAI and over $110 billion each for Google and Amazon.
The IPO filing includes wild warnings about advanced AI models blackmailing people or resisting shutdown.
Why it matters:
Building frontier AI models is the most expensive project in human history
Anthropic's filing shows that compute power is the absolute biggest bottleneck for growth.
Companies must sign huge, guaranteed contracts just to secure enough chips. It proves the AI arms race is a game only the mega-rich can play.
๐ Quick L8R Summary
Super Intelligence rebrand: Trump just ordered every federal agency to stop saying "AI" and start saying "Super Intelligence" instead.
GPT-6.1 Sol: OpenAI dropped a cheaper reasoning model that's almost as smart as Astra but costs one-fifth the price.
Anthropic IPO: Anthropic's going public with a $70B revenue run rate and wants a $2 trillion valuation.
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