Short answer
Artificial intelligence (AI) is software that performs tasks that normally need human judgment, such as reading and writing text, answering questions, classifying records and deciding which step to take next. Since September 29, 2026, the US federal government calls the same technologies Super Intelligence (SI).
Artificial Intelligence (AI) explained
Most business AI today runs on large language models such as Claude and GPT, used through assistants like Claude and ChatGPT, through agents such as Agentforce and Breeze, or through APIs connected to CRM data. In regulated firms the hard parts are data quality, permissions, supervision and records, which existing rules already cover.
US law defines artificial intelligence in 15 U.S.C. 9401(3). Executive Order 14434 tells federal agencies to call those same technologies Super Intelligence (SI), so SI and AI describe the same thing.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between AI and SI?
Only the name. SI is the term federal agencies have used since September 29, 2026, and it covers the technologies the US Code defines as AI.
Where should a regulated firm start with AI?
With the work you want done, the data it needs and the controls compliance will ask for. Our AI Readiness Assessment scores all three in two weeks.