NewzThe task force will reach out to consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers and AI companies, the Republican president said. Jay Clayton said US president Donald Trump had insisted that the new task force ensure US primacy in the AI field amid stiff competition from China. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: 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.Under Clayton, the new Super Intelligence Force - Trump's preferred term for artificial intelligence - will ensure that the US "continue to lead the world" in AI development, the president posted on his Truth Social platform.Trump said the force had also been tasked to "protect the interests, and improve the lives of all 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.Sacks continues to advise the president on AI, as does Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.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.A longtime Wall Street lawyer, Clayton represented Goldman Sachs during the 2008 financial crisis and Barclays in its purchase of Lehman Brothers' 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.Crypto entrepreneurs have since become major Trump backers.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.He has no background in the tech 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.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.Tech bosses at a White House meeting this week signed a commitment to self-police AI, an accord Trump described as "morally binding".Attitudes toward AI have soured in Washington, with lawmakers increasingly under pressure from voters to curb or slow its development over fears it could dis…
Calyton said AI was a ‘gamechanger’ but it also posed ‘a threat’ during his DNI Senate confirmation hearing Donald Trump on Sunday named Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence, to serve also as the new White House AI czar.Clayton, who leads the US’s 18 intelligence agencies, previously served as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan and led the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump’s first term. President Donald Trump has tapped his director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday tapped Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence.
Trump is calling it the “Super Intelligence Force,” because he has tried to rebrand AI as “super intelligence.” The announcement comes after Trump hosted top executives of AI companies at the White House last week and said they had signed a voluntary accord that would effectively self-police the development of the technology. The task force will coordinate the federal effort “to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans,” Trump in a post on social media Sunday. Others on the task force include the Federal Trade Commission’s chairman, Andrew Ferguson; Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer; and Scott Kupor, the director of the Office of Personnel Management.
The group will report to Trump and his chief of staff, Susie Wiles.
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