Trump creates task force to coordinate US artificial-intelligence policy
President Donald Trump says a new “Super Intelligence Force” will coordinate the US government’s engagement with artificial intelligence and support American leadership in the field. The task force will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton and include senior officials from defence and the Federal Trade Commission.
President Donald Trump says he has created a new task force to oversee the United States’ approach to artificial intelligence. Trump said on social media that the “Super Intelligence Force” would work to ensure the US remained a leader in developing the technology. It will also coordinate the government’s engagement with the public, he said.
The task force will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton. Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson and Emil Michael, the undersecretary of defence for research and engineering, will also serve on it. Trump said last week that he would establish a board focused on AI safety after technology executives signed what he described as a morally binding agreement to regulate the technology.
On September 30, Trump signed an executive order renaming artificial intelligence “super intelligence”. He had previously said the word artificial made the technology sound “fake”. Some technology leaders have begun using the new terminology.
Elon Musk said on social media that he would rename his company’s AI platform SpaceXAI as SpaceXSI. The announcement places AI policy within a structure involving intelligence, defence and competition officials. The source material does not provide further details about the task force’s membership, timetable or specific regulatory powers.
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