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The White House has signed an executive order directing all federal agencies to stop using the term artificial intelligence in official documents, replacing it with the phrase Super Intelligence. The move is more than semantic — it signals how the administration wants to frame the technology politically, though critics say renaming something doesn't change what it actually does or how it should be governed.
Meanwhile, the rivalry between Elon Musk's xAI and OpenAI has taken a petty but pointed turn. Before OpenAI could launch its new AI agent called Dots, xAI had quietly acquired the domain dot dot com, redirecting visitors straight to a Grok download page. Whether that's clever competitive strategy or schoolyard trolling probably depends on which chatbot you prefer.
And on a quieter but practical note, Samsung's One UI nine rollout is making its way across the globe, and if you're a Galaxy user, now is a good time to back up your data, clear some storage, and check your software settings before the update arrives. A few minutes of prep can save a lot of headaches.
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