Clue: Special artificial intelligence takes in hill for enlightenment (6)
Answer: SATORI
Explanation: Definition: enlightenment
S + TOR in AI. Satori is a form of enlightenment in Buddhism. It was also the pseudonym used in the FT by the late Albie Fiore, who set in the Guardian as Taupi, though in his case it was from a Basque word for "mole"