Trump names intelligence chief Clayton as AI czar, to head task force, WSJ reports


Trump names intelligence chief Clayton as AI czar, to head task force, WSJ reports <br> United States President Donald Trump&nbsp;has appointed Director of National&nbsp;Intelligence Jay Clayton&nbsp;as the administration&#39;s&nbsp;AI&nbsp;czar, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing an interview with&nbsp;Clayton. Clayton, who was appointed&nbsp;intelligence&nbsp;chief&nbsp;in August, will lead a new White House panel&nbsp;tasked with reporting within 120 days on the risks and opportunities posed by&nbsp;AI, the newspaper said. &quot;The president asked that a group be put together,&quot; which the administration refers to as the &quot;Super&nbsp;Intelligence&nbsp;Force,&quot; to ensure the US remains a leader in advanced&nbsp;AI&nbsp;while protecting Americans&#39; interests,&nbsp;Clayton&nbsp;told the Journal, adding that &quot;the risk of not being first is high.&quot; Read:&nbsp;Developing nations call for bigger say in shaping AI future The safety of&nbsp;AI&nbsp;has become a major issue in recent weeks, with some researchers warning that people building the technology believe it could kill humans within a decade.&nbsp;Several Democratic and Republican lawmakers have responded with alarm and calls for more action. Trump&nbsp;has appeared to take a light touch&nbsp;toward&nbsp;AI&nbsp;regulation, arguing that excessive oversight could weaken competitiveness against China. He said on Tuesday that he does not want to work&nbsp;with Chinese President Xi Jinping on governing&nbsp;AI&nbsp;technology. Clayton&#39;s panel will review&nbsp;AI-related risks and current government reporting mechanisms for breaches, hacks&nbsp;and other incidents, and recommend ways to strengthen federal-response capabilities under existing authorities, the Journal said, citing the&nbsp;task&nbsp;force&#39;s charter. Read More:&nbsp;Trump tells AI bosses to self-regulate This is the second time&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;has named an adviser to oversee&nbsp;AI-related decisions across the administration. Venture capitalist David Sacks held the&nbsp;AI&nbsp;czar&nbsp;role at the beginning of&nbsp;Trump&#39;s second term. The&nbsp;task&nbsp;force&#39;s vice chairs will be Emil Michael, Scott Kupor and Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson, while members will include Vice President JD Vance, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent&nbsp;and White House&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;of Staff Susie Wiles, according to the report. External advisers will also include Sacks and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the Journal said. <br> <img src="https://tribune.com.pk/story/2632912/trump-names-intelligence-chief-clayton-as-ai-czar-to-head-task-force-wsj-reports" alt=" Trump names intelligence chief Clayton as AI czar, to head task force, WSJ reports" width="100%">

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