Jay Clayton Begins White House AI Czar Role With Silicon Valley Outreach for New Super Intelligence Force

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton is beginning his expanded White House AI role with meetings in Silicon Valley, putting the U.S. intelligence chief at the center of the Trump administration’s effort to coordinate federal policy on advanced AI. President Donald Trump named Clayton to lead the new Super Intelligence Force, a task force meant to align government engagement with AI companies, consumers, public-interest groups, religious organizations and critical-infrastructure providers.