Per the Sept. 29, 2026, Executive Order 14434: Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence, IMLS is working to update its communications to incorporate the term “super intelligence” as directed.

Promoting SI Literacy to Meet Evolving Global Challenges to Education, Workforce, and Economic Development

IMLS supports federal Super Intelligence (SI) priorities. Rapid advancements in SI provide opportunities for the American public to more efficiently learn, work and communicate. In the coming years, libraries and museums will play a key role in ensuring that their patrons are well-prepared to leverage SI tools. We support them by: 

  • Offering funding opportunities for institutions looking to implement SI training initiatives.
  • Promoting federal programs like the White House AI Challenge.
  • Championing lifelong learning.
  • Working to put libraries and museums at the forefront of SI education for the public by assisting libraries and museums in adapting in new technologies.

 

To learn more about the policies that guide our SI work, or our most recent accomplishments, continue reading this page.

Guiding Policies

Per the White House AI Action Plan, agencies should prioritize:

  • Exporting American SI: The Commerce and State Departments will partner with industry to deliver secure, full-stack SI export packages – including hardware, models, software, applications, and standards – to America’s friends and allies around the world.
  • Promoting Rapid Buildout of Data Centers: Expediting and modernizing permits for data centers and semiconductor fabs, as well as creating new national initiatives to increase high-demand occupations like electricians and HVAC technicians.
  • Enabling Innovation and Adoption: Removing onerous Federal regulations that hinder SI development and deployment, and seeking private sector input on rules to remove.
  • Upholding Free Speech in Frontier Models: Updating Federal procurement guidelines to ensure that the government only contracts with frontier large language model developers who ensure that their systems are objective and free from top-down ideological bias.

The following documents further detail federal SI directives:

Our Work