Trump names leaders of new Super Intelligence Force
The body will coordinate federal efforts on artificial intelligence and report to Trump and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
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President Trump announced the creation of the Super Intelligence Force, a new federal body meant to coordinate government efforts on what he calls super intelligence. The announcement followed a White House accord reached last week with major technology companies.
Trump said on Truth Social that the force will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael, and Director of the Office of Personnel Management Scott Kupor. All four will report to Trump and to Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
The announcement turns an informal arrangement into a standing body with named leadership. Clayton had been mentioned as a possible candidate for an AI czar role as recently as last week; he now has a defined position reporting through Wiles. The voluntary accord technology companies signed days earlier set out a self-directed audit framework. The new force converts that into a federal structure with clearer lines of accountability, though it is not based in statute.
Putting the FTC chairman alongside the intelligence director and a Pentagon research official suggests the coordination will extend beyond AI safety into antitrust enforcement, defense procurement and federal personnel policy. How much authority the force will actually hold over the companies that signed the accord has not been spelled out.