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President Trump appointed national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as head of a new White House task force focused on artificial intelligence (AI), which he refers to as the Super Intelligence Force. The aim is to maintain US leadership in AI development and protect American interests, despite growing concerns from researchers about potential dangers posed by AI technologies. Clayton succeeds venture capitalist David Sacks, who previously held this informal role, and will work alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and other tech advisors. Trump emphasizes the importance of U.S. primacy in AI to counter competition from China while resisting stricter regulation on AI development.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-04,
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President Trump is expected to appoint Jay Clayton, currently serving as the Director of National Intelligence overseeing 18 US intelligence agencies, as the White House’s AI czar. This move comes after growing concerns about the risks associated with artificial intelligence technology. The appointment was teased by President Trump in early October when he wrote on social media: "Only High I.Q. individuals need apply!" Clayton will continue to hold his current position while taking on this new role, which involves assessing the risks and opportunities of AI.
The decision follows a meeting at the White House with executives from leading technology firms who signed voluntary safety standards for AI technology. When asked about the appointment, a White House official stated that any personnel announcement would be made directly by President Trump and that reports until then are speculative.
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US President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as head of a new White House task force on artificial intelligence (AI), amid increasingly vocal warnings from researchers about the technology’s potential dangers.
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Trump → confirm → dangers
Under Clayton, the new Super Intelligence Force — Trump’s preferred term for artificial intelligence — will ensure that the United States “continue to lead the world” in AI development, the president posted on his Truth Social platform.
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president → prefer → platform
Trump said the force had also been tasked to “protect the interests, and improve the lives of all Americans.”
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force → say → Americans
Clayton will become the second person to hold the informal title after venture capitalist David Sacks, who held the role at the start of Trump’s second term before stepping down.
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who → become → term
Sacks continues to advise the president on AI, as does Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
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Huang → continue → AI
Trump said last month he would create an AI force modelled on the Space Force he established during his first term, and name a czar to coordinate federal efforts.
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he → say → efforts
A longtime Wall Street lawyer, Clayton represented Goldman Sachs during the 2008 financial crisis and Barclays in its purchase of Lehman Brothers’ assets.
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Clayton → represent → assets
He chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump’s first term, where he largely took a pro-business stance but brought enforcement cases against the nascent crypto industry.
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he → chair → industry
Crypto entrepreneurs have since become major Trump backers.
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entrepreneurs → become → ?
Trump tapped Clayton to lead federal prosecutors in Manhattan at the start of his second term, and the Senate confirmed him as intelligence chief in July.
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Senate → tap → July
He has no background in the tech industry.
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He → have → industry
The appointment would come as AI researchers warn of the technology’s potential dangers, following cases of AI systems going rogue and hacking outside systems.
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systems → come → systems
Trump has resisted tighter AI regulation, arguing a slowdown could hand Chinese firms an advantage and that federal law enforcement can deal with bad actors misusing the technology.
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enforcement → resist → technology
Tech bosses at a White House meeting this week signed a commitment to self-police AI, an accord Trump described as “morally binding.”
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Trump → sign → AI
Attitudes toward AI have soured in Washington, with lawmakers increasingly under pressure from voters to curb or slow its development over fears it could displace workers and upend society.
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Those concerns gained force from a run of incidents in which tech giant OpenAI’s autonomous systems slipped out of their constraints, beginning with a July breach of Hugging Face — a widely used platform for sharing AI models.
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systems → gain → models
Clayton told the Wall Street Journal on Saturday that Trump had insisted the new task force ensure US primacy in the AI field, amid stiff competition from China.
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force → tell → China
“The risk of not being first is high,” Clayton told the Journal.
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Clayton → tell → Journal
“Not being first increases the identified, and unidentified, risks, particularly from our adversaries.
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being → increase → adversaries
Being first will better enable us to address those risks on behalf of the American people.”
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Being → enable → people
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