White House Creates ‘Super Intelligence Force’ Led by DNI Jay Clayton

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TodayViralUSA) — The White House has formed a new artificial intelligence task force that will examine the technology’s risks and opportunities and recommend what role the federal government should play, with a report due in 120 days, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will chair the panel, known as the “Super Intelligence Force,” effectively making him President Donald Trump’s AI policy lead, according to a senior White House official cited by the Journal. Clayton, confirmed as intelligence chief in August, previously served as Securities and Exchange Commission chair in Trump’s first term.

Clayton told the Journal the president asked for a group that would “ensure … that we stay the leaders in superintelligence, and that the interests of the American people are put first.” The charter, as described in multiple outlets citing the Journal, directs the force to review existing law, consider possible congressional action and strengthen how agencies learn about breaches, hacks, model jailbreaks and other AI-related incidents — while avoiding rules that would curb innovation or competition.

Industry meeting and voluntary principles

The initiative follows a White House meeting Tuesday with AI executives including OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Participants agreed to voluntary principles covering internal monitoring of model development, third-party reviews and board notifications about safety measures, according to the Journal’s account.

Trump has backed a voluntary approach and said he does not want to stifle a technology he has compared to a new Industrial Revolution. Industry groups are expected to remain the primary mechanism for managing AI risks, with the task force working alongside companies.

Vice chairs named in follow-on reporting include Emil Michael, Scott Kupor and Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson. Members are expected to include Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Former AI adviser David Sacks and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice were listed as external advisers.

Clayton pointed to financial-sector risk frameworks involving the Federal Reserve and the SEC as models for government-industry cooperation. The panel’s 120-day clock would put a report roughly at the end of January 2027 if counted from the October announcement.

The move is the second time Trump has designated a cross-administration AI lead; Sacks held a similar “AI czar” role earlier in the second term. How far the Super Intelligence Force goes beyond voluntary coordination — and whether Congress acts on its recommendations — will shape U.S. AI oversight for the rest of the decade.