Overview
- President Donald Trump announced the creation of the Super Intelligence Force on Sunday, October 4, 2026, and formally named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to lead it.
- The SIF will include senior officials such as FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, Pentagon research chief Emil Michael, and OPM director Scott Kupor and will report directly to the president and chief of staff.
- The administration has ordered federal communications to use the term “superintelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” to frame the policy effort and public messaging.
- Senior executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and Nvidia met at the White House the same day and agreed to voluntary safety steps such as internal monitoring, risk assessments, and external review.
- Key powers, legal authorities and oversight procedures for the SIF remain unspecified, leaving regulators and independent researchers to warn that relying on industry-led controls could limit enforceable protections and shape how workers and consumers are affected.