President Donald Trump on Sunday tapped Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence.
Trump calls it the “Super Intelligence Force” because he tried to rename AI “Super Intelligence.” The announcement came after Trump hosted top executives from AI companies at the White House last week and said they had signed a voluntary agreement that would effectively self-monitor the development of the technology.
The task force will coordinate federal efforts “to ensure that America continues to lead the world in superintelligence, which many say is greater than the Industrial Revolution and the Internet, and that it will protect the interests of all Americans and improve the lives of all Americans,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday.
The task force will reach out to consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers and AI companies, the Republican president said.
Other members of the task force include Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson; Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer; and Scott Kupor, director of the Office of Personnel Management.
The group will report to Trump and his chief of staff Susie Wiles.
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