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Trump Forms "Super Intelligence Force": 120 Days to Deliver AI Regulation Answers
The Trump administration formed a "Super Intelligence Force" led by DNI Jay Clayton, tasked with delivering a federal AI risk assessment report within 120 days. The same week, the White House convened OpenAI, Anthropic, and NVIDIA executives and settled three voluntary safety principles.
President Trump has given the White House a dedicated AI body, and its shape is now clear.
The Trump administration’s “Super Intelligence Force” is chaired by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton. Its charter requires the force to deliver a report to the president within 120 days, spelling out the risks and opportunities of super intelligence and what responsibilities the federal government should assume. “Super intelligence” (SI) is Trump’s term for AI. News of the formation first broke on October 4; after the White House closed-door meeting on October 6, the roster and work plan were finalized.
Roster and Division of Labor
The force has three vice chairs, each owning a lane. Pentagon research and engineering head Emil Michael handles AI company liaison, OPM director Scott Kupor handles critical infrastructure providers, and FTC chair Andrew Ferguson handles consumer and citizen rights.
The member list carries weight: Vice President Vance, Defense Secretary Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Bessent, and White House Chief of Staff Wiles are all on it. Outside advisors include PCAST co-chair David Sacks and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The charter’s two priorities: keep America leading the super intelligence race, and put Americans’ interests first. The scope covers national security as well as the commercial motives behind frontier model R&D.
Tuesday’s Closed-Door Meeting
Details were nailed down at the October 6 White House closed-door meeting. Trump convened OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. Afterward, the companies agreed to three voluntary principles: internal model controls, independent third-party evaluation, and regular safety briefings to boards.
This continues the September 29 “Super Intelligence Accord.” That White House accord with Google, Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and NVIDIA required the same trio — internal controls, independent evaluation, board oversight. The force is essentially an execution arm for that voluntary accord.
Position Unchanged: No Hard Constraints
Trump restated his position at the meeting: “I will never stifle the development of a technology bigger than the Industrial Revolution.” Clayton added that companies remain the primary owners of risk management, with federal agencies mainly helping industry identify risks — not replacing them.
So the force’s conclusions won’t be legislative proposals. The White House’s current thinking: the feds coordinate, companies own. Clayton likened the setup to financial-sector regulation, led by the Fed and the SEC together with industry.
Why Now
Two backdrops converged. Amodei published an open letter last month urging the whole industry to slow frontier model R&D and fix safety first. With November midterms approaching, polling shows AI safety has become a voter issue.
Only three things are worth watching: what the 120-day report actually says, whether the companies’ three promised principles make it onto paper, and whether this force survives past the midterms. The report is due in early February 2027.
Sources: WSJ, “New AI Czar Unveils Goals, Members of White House Task Force” (2026-10-06); Reuters (2026-10-05); Atlas360, “AI task force gives Trump 120 days to map SI rules and risks” (2026-10-06)