Donald Trump has created a new Super Intelligence Force to co-ordinate the US Government’s approach to artificial intelligence, appointing Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to lead the group.
Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Andrew Ferguson, Pentagon chief technology officer Emil Michael and Office of Personnel Management director Scott Kupor will also serve on the task force.
The Super Intelligence Force will report to Mr Trump and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. Its responsibilities will include engagement with religious organisations, technology providers, consumers and AI companies.
Mr Trump said the group would help ensure that America remained the global leader in AI, which he described as potentially greater than both the Industrial Revolution and the internet.
Announcing the appointments on Truth Social, the president said the task force had been established in response to his White House Accord on Super Intelligence, held the previous week.
The gathering brought senior figures from the technology industry to the White House, including Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia chief Jensen Huang and Anthropic chief Dario Amodei.
Mr Trump also said the administration would replace the term artificial intelligence with “super intelligence” in government communications.
“We’re going to be signing a document today at about 5 o’clock, renaming artificial intelligence, because it’s not artificial, we all agree on that,” he said. “We’re going to be renaming it super intelligence.”
The president’s backing for further development comes as Democrats including Senator Bernie Sanders have called for a pause, warning that the technology could leave Americans out of work or at a disadvantage.
White House officials have argued that US AI laboratories must continue advancing the technology to prevent China and other rivals from taking the lead.
Those attending the White House session included OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, X owner Elon Musk, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, as well as Mr Zuckerberg, Mr Huang and Mr Amodei.
Mr Zuckerberg later said that executives had signed an AI safety accord setting out principles for internal controls, detection of problems, auditing and oversight.
Separately, the administration launched America.gov, an AI-powered website intended to help people access federal information and services, including passport applications and Medicaid enrolment.
Mr Trump said users of Grok, Gemini or ChatGPT would immediately understand how to use the new site. He also described the agreement signed by officials and technology executives as “almost a Constitution, in a way” and “really is a form or protection”.
