AI summary
- Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed the Accord on Superintelligence in his speech at the VII CICA Summit in Baku.
- He said the accord could serve as the basis for an international treaty under the auspices of the United Nations, but none of the sources report a treaty being drafted.
- The accord is voluntary, and the US executive order keeps the existing federal definition of AI under the new SI label.
- Register.si reports growing interest from international companies, so checking the public WHOIS record before you buy matters more than ever.
- A .si still only makes sense for plain, searched words where the .com and .ai are taken or expensive.
What Tokayev said in Baku
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev used his speech at the VII CICA Summit in Baku to back the superintelligence accord that came out of Washington. CICA is the Conference on Interaction in Confidence-Building Measures in Asia, so this wasn't a passing remark to a home audience. He said it at a regional summit.
According to Qazinform's report, he said: "In this spirit, we welcome the Accord on Superintelligence signed recently in Washington, D.C. In essence, it could serve as the basis for an international treaty under the auspices of the United Nations. I believe that CICA can greatly contribute to this process."
He didn't stop at the accord. He also said Kazakhstan will host the UN ESCAP Asia-Pacific Digital Solutions Centre for Sustainable Development in Almaty, and he marked the launch of the Trans-Caspian Fiber-Optic Line with Azerbaijan.
Why this matters more than another US renaming
Most of what I've written about so far has been American: the executive order, federal agencies switching to SI, the FBI using the word in a criminal case. If you hold a .si name, the obvious question has been whether the term would ever travel beyond Washington.
Trump clearly hopes it will. At the UN General Assembly on 22 September he said, as quoted by Free Malaysia Today: "From this point forward, all of United States documents and hopefully the world's will be changed to use the much more accurate term 'super' as opposed to artificial."
Here a foreign head of state is engaging with that vocabulary in public, and that's new. I'd still keep it in proportion. He said the accord "could serve" as the basis for a treaty. Nothing in the report says a treaty has been drafted, and Qazinform's own summary of the same speech still talks about "AI technologies". The accord's name has travelled. The everyday word hasn't been replaced.
What the order and the accord actually cover
It's worth being clear about what Tokayev welcomed. Executive Order 14434, titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence", was signed on 29 September 2026. An explainer on note points out that it directs US federal agencies to use SI instead of AI to the extent permitted by law, and that it doesn't mean AI companies and researchers around the world must change their terminology.
The same explainer says Article 3 of the order carries over the existing federal definition of AI. Put simply, SI is an administrative relabel. It isn't a claim that superintelligence has been built.
The accord is a separate document. Free Malaysia Today reports that on the same day as the order, executives from Meta, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, xAI and Anthropic signed a voluntary White House Accord on Super Intelligence. Voluntary is the key word. It isn't law, in the US or anywhere else.
What the .si registry says about foreign interest
The registry has its own view of the international side. In an email to Lead Stories on 11 October, Register.si spokesperson Klara Herman said there were already more than 160,000 registered .si names before September, and added: "Since September, we have seen increasing interest from international companies wishing to associate their online presence with superintelligence."
That fits with Tokayev's speech: the interest isn't only American. The same report gives one practical point you should act on. Register.si doesn't allow anonymous registration, and a name's registration date, expiry date, holder and registrar can be checked through its public WHOIS service. If you're buying a .si on the aftermarket, from me or from anyone else, check WHOIS first.
Names that fit a global SI story
If SI language does spread through summits and treaties, the names with a real chance are plain words that work in any country, not copies of one company's brand. These four from my inventory fit that test:
- futurehuman.si ($1,500): the .ai asks $290,000 and the .com has been held since 1999. At 5,400 searches a month, it's a brand bet more than a traffic one.
- greatmind.si ($2,000): the .com is listed at $500,000 and the .ai is for sale with the price on request. It gets 33,100 searches a month.
- aimarket.si ($4,500): the .com asks $594,888 and the .ai $47,995. It gets 12,100 searches a month.
- aiprompts.si ($5,500): 201,000 searches a month worldwide, a .ai asking $44,500 and a .com held since 2018.
Two of these still say "ai". Since Tokayev's own press coverage still uses AI, I don't think that's a weakness yet.
Should you buy a .si name because of this?
Not because of this speech alone. A president welcoming a voluntary accord, and saying it could one day underpin a UN treaty, is a signal. It's not a guarantee. Most .si names are speculation and the aftermarket for them is small. You'll need patience, and you might hold a name for years without a buyer.
Here's the three-question test I'd use before spending anything:
- Is the .com and .ai taken or expensive? If the .com is available at a fair price, buy the .com. For most businesses it's still the better buy.
- Is it a generic name and not a brand? Plain words only. Don't buy a copy of a company's name.
- Do people search for it? Real search volume gives a name value whatever happens to the word SI.
If a name passes all three, a .si can be a sensible, cheaper way in. If it fails any one of them, I'd walk away, however good the headlines look.
Names from this store that pass the test
Questions
What did Kazakhstan's president say about the Accord on Superintelligence?
At the VII CICA Summit in Baku, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed the Accord on Superintelligence signed in Washington, D.C. He said it could serve as the basis for an international treaty under the auspices of the United Nations.
Is there a UN treaty on superintelligence?
None of the sources report one. Tokayev only said the accord "could serve" as the basis for such a treaty, and he said CICA could contribute to that process.
Who signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence?
Free Malaysia Today reports that executives from Meta, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, xAI and Anthropic signed it. It's voluntary, and they signed it on the same day as the executive order.
Does the executive order make companies outside the US say SI?
No. According to the note explainer, the order is aimed mainly at the US federal executive branch and doesn't mean AI companies and researchers around the world must change their terminology.
Sources
- Qazinform, 2026-10-15
- Free Malaysia Today, 2026-10-17
- note, 2026-10-16
- Lead Stories, 2026-10-12
This post was researched and drafted with AI help from the sources above, then checked by me before publishing. Facts are as reported on the dates shown.