Trump launches "Super Intelligence Force" led by Jay Clayton

The announcement was made on Truth Social, and the naming choice is the story: "superintelligence" has a specific meaning in AI research, where it has been an established concept for decades referring to self-improving systems that vastly surpass human intelligence. The SIF's name uses the same word for a coordination body whose remit, per the article, is outreach to consumers, interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure operators and AI companies. The article notes that superintelligence is not the AI we have today.

The unit's leadership roster mixes intelligence, competition and technology roles, with Jay Clayton, Andrew Ferguson, Emil Michael and Scott Kupor among those leading it, and reporting lines that run to the president and chief of staff Susie Wiles. It comes shortly after a White House gathering of tech CEOs, where executives signed a "morally binding" contract for independent third-party auditors to verify AI models are "operating as intended." That makes the SIF's outreach list the thing to watch, since it spans both the companies building models and the operators running critical infrastructure, and it is likely to become a venue where those groups are asked to align with each other.