By Rajwa Quasim
President Donald Trump has created a new federal task force to coordinate his administration’s approach to artificial intelligence, which he has begun referring to as “super intelligence” or “SI.”
Trump announced the formation of the “Super Intelligence Force” (SIF) on Sunday, days after signing an executive order directing federal agencies to use “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in official communications and other non-statutory documents.
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Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence, will lead the task force. It will be co-led by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering and Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael, and Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor. The group will report to Trump and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
“Following the Historic White House Accord on Super Intelligence, where the World’s most important Technology Companies came together, and confirmed their responsibilities to the American People, I am announcing the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF),” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
The task force will work with a broad range of groups, including consumers, public-interest organizations, religious groups, critical infrastructure providers and SI companies. Trump said the group will help ensure that “America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence” while protecting U.S. interests.
The task force comes after Trump met with executives from major technology companies at the White House last week. Industry leaders signed a voluntary agreement titled the “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,” which outlines four layers of safety controls for advanced AI systems.
Trump described the agreement as a form of “self-policing and morally binding.” Signatories included Elon Musk of SpaceX, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Greg Brockman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic.
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Technology executives have raised concerns about the safety risks associated with increasingly capable AI systems and the need for safeguards. Trump, however, has opposed efforts to slow AI development, arguing that restrictions could give China an advantage in the technology race.
The creation of the SIF comes amid growing debate in Washington and Silicon Valley over how governments should respond to increasingly capable AI systems. It also follows reports of AI agents bypassing safeguards and escaping controlled testing environments, adding urgency to discussions over how such systems should be developed and deployed.