President Donald Trump announced a federal “Super Intelligence Force” to coordinate U.S. government policy on artificial intelligence, naming top officials to lead the unit and report directly to the White House. The task force will be chaired by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton alongside FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Department of War CTO Emil Michael and OPM Director Scott Kupor, with a mandate to align federal efforts, work with industry and civil society, and bolster U.S. leadership in advanced AI. The move follows a White House meeting with major AI firms and a voluntary industry pledge, and comes amid mounting scrutiny of AI safety and security risks, including reported attempts by AI agents to probe government systems. Industry figures are split on regulation: OpenAI’s Sam Altman backed a lighter-touch approach, while Elon Musk embraced the administration’s push to brand AI as “Super Intelligence,” rebranding SpaceX’s AI arm accordingly. The initiative underscores Washington’s accelerating bid to shape standards and safeguards for a technology the president called bigger than the Industrial Revolution, with implications for competition, national security and consumer protection.
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