President Donald Trump announced the formation of a Super Intelligence Force in a Sunday morning post on his social network Truth Social. The force will be led by national intelligence director Jay Clayton and other administration members.
"The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans," Trump wrote.
The announcement follows Trump's September pledge to form an AI Force and appoint an AI czar, after he dismissed AI safety concerns as a hoax by "Radical Left Dumocrats." He later signed an executive order rebranding AI as "super intelligence," a term that tech executives endorsed, albeit with some stumbles, during a White House gathering this week where they signed a non-binding safety pledge.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Clayton will effectively serve as AI/SI czar, with Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson, Undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael, and Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor serving as vice chairs.
The task force's charter states it will "develop plans for responding to SI-enabled threats to our society, while preventing overregulation and regulatory capture that would stifle innovation and competition." Clayton previously told Politico that it would be irresponsible for the United States to "back away" from AI while China advances, telling the WSJ that one of the biggest risks is "not being first."