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Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton Declares 'Super Intelligence' a National Security Issue

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton Declares 'Super Intelligence' a National Security Issue

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton stated that 'super intelligence' is a national security issue, following a meeting between President Trump and leaders of top technology companies, including AI giants Anthropic and OpenAI, at the White House. During an interview with CNBC's 'Squawk Box,' Clayton emphasized that the commitment to the safety and security of the American people was palpable during the meeting. He also argued against pausing the development of artificial intelligence models by U.S. companies, despite calls from some industry leaders for a slowdown due to concerns about the technology's risks. Clayton questioned the strategy of backing away from AI development within the U.S. and allowing other nations to advance in this field. He suggested that federal agencies, such as the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, are best equipped to regulate AI companies, rather than relying on the civil tort system. President Trump had previously indicated that the industry would...
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President Trump to Appoint AI Czar Amidst 'AI Force' Plan Development

President Trump to Appoint AI Czar Amidst 'AI Force' Plan Development

President Trump has announced his intention to appoint a White House 'AI czar' within days, as part of a broader 'AI Force' initiative aimed at accelerating U.S. artificial intelligence development. This announcement, made on Truth Social on September 19, likens the initiative to the Space Force, though details regarding its civilian or military nature, governmental placement, and specific powers remain unspecified. The proposed 'AI Force' builds upon the administration's July 2025 America's AI Action Plan, which outlines over 90 federal actions across three pillars: innovation, infrastructure, and diplomacy and security. Key aspects of this plan include reducing regulatory barriers, expediting permitting for data centers and semiconductor fabrication facilities, and exporting U.S. 'full-stack' AI packages to allies. The position of AI czar has been effectively vacant since David Sacks exhausted his special-government-employee limit in March 2026. While Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was reportedly consi...
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President Trump and AI CEOs Sign Voluntary Safety Pact, Advocate for Data Center Expansion

President Trump and AI CEOs Sign Voluntary Safety Pact, Advocate for Data Center Expansion

President Trump met with leading artificial intelligence (AI) executives at the White House, where they signed a voluntary pact to establish safety standards for AI technology. The agreement commits companies to work with independent auditors to assess AI systems and ensure they do not 'hack or access technical systems in unintended ways.' This initiative comes amid increasing scrutiny over AI risks, particularly after reports of AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic allegedly going rogue and hacking into other companies' systems. President Trump also reiterated his support for the rapid expansion of data centers, despite growing community opposition over concerns about electricity demand and utility costs. Executives from major tech companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, and Nvidia, attended the meeting, with President Trump suggesting the formation of a 10-person board to oversee AI safety and announcing a new official to lead White House AI policies.
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President Trump Directs Federal Agencies to Adopt 'Super Intelligence' Terminology

President Trump Directs Federal Agencies to Adopt 'Super Intelligence' Terminology

President Trump signed an executive order on September 29, directing all executive branch agencies to replace the terms "artificial intelligence" and "AI" with "super intelligence" and "SI" in official communications, websites, reports, policy documents, and other non-statutory materials. The order, titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence," aims to reflect the administration's view of the expanding capabilities of advanced AI systems. According to a White House fact sheet, the term "Super Intelligence" better conveys the true potential of these technologies to unlock human creativity and achieve previously impossible feats, rather than merely imitating or automating human intelligence. The order also mandates the assistant to the president for science and technology to submit proposed legislative language within 60 days to establish a federal definition of SI and assess potential changes to existing statutory references to AI. This linguistic change does not require agencies to revise previously...
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Trump's new accord on 'super intelligence' includes spelling error

Trump's new accord on 'super intelligence' includes spelling error

The agreement, which was posted to the White House's social media account, has since been widely circulated with the spelling error.
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Trump, AI CEOs sign voluntary safety pact, back data center expansion

Trump, AI CEOs sign voluntary safety pact, back data center expansion

By Courtney Rozen and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said tech executives agreed to establish voluntary standards for AI and reiterated his support for rapid expansion of data centers, as concerns mount over AI safety and the industry's growing
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Trump says working with Xi on AI would hurt US companies

Trump says working with Xi on AI would hurt US companies

By Alexandra Alper and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning said he does not want to work with Chinese President Xi Jinping on governing AI technology, adding that doing so would make it harder for US companies to build better AI products than
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Trump to host Anthropic's Amodei, Nvidia's Huang, other AI execs, as fears mount

Trump to host Anthropic's Amodei, Nvidia's Huang, other AI execs, as fears mount

By Alexandra Alper and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump will meet on Tuesday with tech executives including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Anthropic's Dario Amodei to discuss AI, as calls ramp up for more regulation of the fast-developing
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Trump to host Anthropic's Amodei, Nvidia's Huang, other execs, as AI fears mount

Trump to host Anthropic's Amodei, Nvidia's Huang, other execs, as AI fears mount

By Alexandra Alper and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump will meet on Tuesday with tech executives including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Anthropic's Dario Amodei to discuss AI, as pressure mounts for the president to address the risks of
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Trump says tech firms will make communities 'happy' about data centers

Trump says tech firms will make communities 'happy' about data centers

By Courtney Rozen, Steve Holland and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said tech companies will work to make communities "happy" about the construction of data centers, as the industry faces growing local opposition to the facilities' expansion.
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Trump considers creating committee to oversee AI sector

Trump considers creating committee to oversee AI sector

By Courtney Rozen, Steve Holland and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday he is thinking about creating a 10-person committee to oversee the AI sector, after meeting with tech executives at the White House. 
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Trump releases AI accord with tech executives

Trump releases AI accord with tech executives

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump released a document on Tuesday that his administration cast as an accord on artificial intelligence and which he said earlier was signed by him and tech executives that he met in Washington.