Trump announces 'Super Intelligence Force' to oversee AI policy
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Trump set up a new AI task force called the Super Intelligence Force. It’s meant to keep the US ahead and pull the government’s AI efforts together.
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Donald Trump says he has created a new task force on artificial intelligence, and he’s put Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton in charge of it. The group has an attention-grabbing name: the Super Intelligence Force. Subtlety was not invited.
The task force is supposed to do two things at once. Trump says it will help the US stay in front on AI development, and it will coordinate how the government talks with the public about the technology. Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson and Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael are also in the mix.
This follows another AI move from Trump last week, when he said he would set up a board to oversee AI safety after tech bosses signed what he called a “morally binding” pact to regulate the technology. On 30 September, he also signed an executive order to rename AI as “super intelligence”. He had already said “artificial” made the term sound fake.
And the new label is already spreading among some tech leaders. Elon Musk has started using it, saying on social media that he will rename his firm’s AI platform SpaceXAI as SpaceXSI. The whole thing has the feel of policy by branding, which is very on brand.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is classic Washington theatre: rename the thing, form a task force, declare victory. AI oversight needs boring rules and clear accountability, not shiny labels that sound like a comic-book villain’s department. If the government wants credibility, it should stop treating naming as policy.
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