Artificial Intelligence
Trump announces Super Intelligence Force
Donald Trump announced a White House Super Intelligence Force to coordinate outreach on artificial intelligence, with several officials named to lead it and reporting lines set to the president and his chief of staff.
- Donald Trump announced the creation of a "Super Intelligence Force" (SIF).
- The article said Trump was using "superintelligence" to mean artificial intelligence, while noting that the term already has a separate meaning in AI research.
- The SIF was described as coordinating outreach to consumers, interest groups, religious organisations, critical infrastructure operators and AI companies.
- Jay Clayton, Andrew Ferguson, Emil Michael, Scott Kupor and other officials were named as leaders, and the unit was said to report to Trump and Susie Wiles.
- The announcement followed a White House gathering at which tech executives agreed to use independent auditors to check AI models.
Donald Trump announced the creation of a "Super Intelligence Force". The article said he was using "superintelligence" as a label for artificial intelligence, rather than the established research term for systems that exceed human intelligence.
The unit was said to coordinate outreach to consumers, interest groups, religious organisations, critical infrastructure operators and AI companies. Jay Clayton, Andrew Ferguson, Emil Michael and Scott Kupor were named among the officials leading it.
The article said the unit would report to Trump and Susie Wiles. It also said the announcement came after a White House meeting with technology executives, who agreed to have independent auditors check whether AI models were operating as intended.
Named in this story
People
- Donald Trump
- announced the new unit
- Jay Clayton
- was named as one of the leaders
- Andrew Ferguson
- was named as one of the leaders
- Emil Michael
- was named as one of the leaders
- Scott Kupor
- was named as one of the leaders
- Susie Wiles
- was named as the chief of staff the unit reported to
Governments and agencies
- Super Intelligence Force
- the new unit set up to coordinate outreach on AI
Places
- White House
- hosted the tech chief executive gathering before the announcement
How the source tells it
The article was openly mocking, using a sarcastic aside and scare-quoted labels to undercut the administration's terminology.
- mocking scepticism a sarcastic aside and scare-quoted labels undercut the announcement