WASHINGTON — The White House has formed a task force to assess the risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence and examine the federal government’s role in overseeing the rapidly evolving technology, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
The “Super Intelligence Force,” chaired by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, has been given 120 days to prepare its findings.
The task force will examine existing laws and potential measures Congress could take while working with the technology industry to identify emerging risks and opportunities associated with advanced AI.
Under its charter, the group will develop plans to respond to threats posed by increasingly powerful AI systems while seeking to avoid regulations that could hamper innovation and competition.
It will also review how AI-related security incidents — including breaches, hacks and model jailbreaks — are reported to the government and recommend ways to strengthen the federal response using existing authorities.
The task force was formed following a White House meeting Tuesday between President Donald Trump and technology executives, including OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Trump said executives from some of the largest US technology companies had signed a “morally binding” agreement to introduce safeguards for artificial intelligence, including internal safety monitoring and independent external reviews of their systems.
The president has emphasized maintaining US leadership in AI while favoring voluntary industry safeguards over tighter government regulation.
Source: Saudi Gazette