President Donald Trump announced Sunday that Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will lead the newly established “Super Intelligence Force,” which will govern the United States’s approach to artificial intelligence regulation.
Clayton was expected to head the SIF, and Trump confirmed the appointment in a Truth Social post, adding that Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor, and Emil Michael, the undersecretary of war for research and engineering and the Pentagon’s chief technology officer, will also lead the force.
“The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government 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 said of the new task force on Truth Social. “The Super Intelligence Force will coordinate the Federal Government’s engagement with Consumers, Public Interest Groups, Religious Organizations, Critical Infrastructure Providers, and Super Intelligence Companies.”
The task force will also include Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as well as venture capitalist David Sacks and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The president’s announcement follows the nation’s leading AI executives meeting at the White House and signing onto a nonbinding commitment to self-regulation called the “White House Accord on Super Intelligence.” OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Grok CEO Elon Musk, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg signed on to the agreement.
Clayton previously told the Wall Street Journal that his focus is on America leading in the AI field against adversaries. He said “risk of not being first is high” but noted that leading the AI industry allows the U.S. to address the identified and unidentified risks of the technology. He added that the task force would discuss possible legislative options that could be part of an AI framework moving forward.
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Clayton’s approach reflects that of the Trump administration, which has largely emphasized an anti-regulatory approach to AI policy, often citing a need to ensure American companies outpace their Chinese counterparts.
The newly formed task force will report directly to Trump and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.