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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-09-30-pm/
- Published: 2026-09-30T23:18:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T23:18:54.000Z
- Description: Today’s big moves: Trump decided the government will say “super intelligence” now, Sam Altman told the IPO-curious to hold their horses, and a private equity firm bought into Danish IoT. The day’s standout detail: a UK police facial recognition pilot that cost £320K and caught exactly nobody.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

Today's big moves: Trump decided the government will say "super intelligence" now, Sam Altman told the IPO-curious to hold their horses, and a private equity firm bought into Danish IoT. The day's standout detail: a UK police facial recognition pilot that cost £320K and caught exactly nobody.

> **£320K** — What British Transport Police spent on a six-month facial recognition pilot that produced one alert, which was a false positive. *(The Register)*

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#### [Trump orders US government to call AI 'Super Intelligence'](https://www.theverge.com/policy/1002468/trump-ai-superintelligence-executive-order-ai?ref=adjacent.media)

After a gulf and a lake, the executive branch has now renamed a technology, and every federal agency is on notice to comply. *(The Verge)*

#### [Sam Altman says OpenAI won't go public until its models are safe](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002505/sam-altman-openai-ipo-devday-ai-safety?ref=adjacent.media)

Translation for anyone pencilling in an OpenAI IPO: no date, and the goalposts are "safe," which is a famously fixed target. *(The Verge)*

#### [Aspirity to buy majority stake in Danish IoT company Onomondo](https://thenextweb.com/news/aspirity-to-buy-majority-stake-in-danish-iot-company-onomondo?ref=adjacent.media)

Private equity is betting on the plumbing of connected devices, with the deal paired to a €100M+ raise to scale Onomondo's own global network. *(The Next Web)*

#### [UK rail cops' £320K face-scanning spree nets zero matches](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/30/uk-rail-cops-320k-face-scanning-spree-nets-zero-matches/5299793?ref=adjacent.media)

The palate cleanser: a half-year of scanning faces in British stations yielded a single alert, and it was wrong. *(The Register)*