Donald Trump handed Jay Clayton, his Director of National Intelligence, the chair of a new "Super Intelligence Force" on Sunday. Clayton oversees the 18 U.S. intelligence agencies. Now he also coordinates the federal government's work on artificial intelligence, which Trump has ordered the government to call "Super Intelligence" instead.
Trump announced it on Truth Social at 8:23 a.m. The Force, he wrote, "is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence." It will handle the government's dealings with "Consumers, Public Interest Groups, Religious Organizations, Critical Infrastructure Providers, and Super Intelligence Companies." And it "will report to the President of the United States (ME!), and the Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles."
Clayton told the Wall Street Journal that his panel has 120 days to report on the risks and opportunities of AI and to recommend what role the federal government should play. "The risk of not being first is high," he said. Three vice chairs sit beside him: the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, the Pentagon's chief technology officer, and the head of the federal personnel office.
Trump built the Force five days after he sat down with the chiefs of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Nvidia and Elon Musk's SpaceXAI and watched them sign a one-page safety accord. He called the accord "morally binding." "They understand that they have to self-police," he said, and promised a czar within three or four days. The czar is now the spy chief. Which of the three officials Trump seated beside him is already investigating the companies that signed?
