US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the creation of a “Super Intelligence Force” to coordinate the federal government’s approach to advanced artificial intelligence, putting Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton at the centre of an effort aimed at maintaining American technological leadership while confronting the risks posed by increasingly powerful systems.
The task force will bring together senior officials responsible for intelligence, consumer protection, defence technology and federal personnel. It will report directly to Trump and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, giving the group a direct line to the highest levels of the administration as Washington grapples with the rapid development of frontier AI.
Announcing the initiative, Trump described the emerging technology as potentially “bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the internet”. He said the Super Intelligence Force, or SIF, would coordinate federal efforts to ensure the US continued to lead the world while protecting American interests and improving people’s lives.
The terminology reflects a broader shift ordered by Trump last week. An executive order signed on September 29 directed executive departments and agencies, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in official non-statutory communications and policy documents. For now, however, the order legally defines “Super Intelligence” using the existing statutory definition of artificial intelligence.
Clayton will be joined on the leadership team 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.
Their portfolios give the panel a broad remit extending across national security, technology development, competition and consumer protection, and the federal workforce. Clayton said Trump had asked the group to ensure the US remained a leader in superintelligence while putting the interests of Americans first.
The task force has been given 120 days to produce its findings on the risks and opportunities presented by the technology and determine what role the federal government should play. It will examine existing laws as well as possible steps Congress could take as increasingly capable AI systems move deeper into the economy and critical infrastructure.
Its work is also expected to examine threats posed by advanced AI without creating rules that the administration believes could unnecessarily restrict innovation and competition. The panel will review how AI-related security breaches, hacks, model jailbreaks and other incidents are reported to the government and consider whether the federal response can be strengthened using existing authorities.
The force will coordinate government engagement not only with technology developers but also consumers, public-interest groups, religious organisations and critical infrastructure providers. That structure suggests the administration intends the panel to address both the economic opportunities associated with advanced AI and wider concerns about its impact on society and security.
Its formation follows a White House meeting with technology executives, including OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Trump said the initiative followed a White House Accord on Super Intelligence under which major technology companies affirmed responsibilities to the American public.
The initiative builds on a series of measures taken by the Trump administration to accelerate American AI development. The White House released an AI Action Plan in July 2025 containing more than 90 federal actions covering innovation, infrastructure and the expansion of US technological leadership internationally.
The administration has also backed the Genesis Mission, an effort using advanced AI for research in science, medicine, energy and manufacturing. The White House says more than $5 billion has been announced for that programme.
Trump’s September executive order went further by attempting to institutionalise the term “Super Intelligence” throughout the executive branch. It also ordered the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology to submit, within 60 days, proposed legislation establishing a federal definition of the term and recommending corresponding changes to existing laws.
The creation of the SIF comes as the development of increasingly capable models raises questions over cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, economic disruption and the appropriate level of government oversight. The administration’s stated approach is to address those risks without imposing restrictions it believes could weaken American technological competitiveness.