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Trump confirms his Super Intelligence Force on Truth Social

The president puts Jay Clayton in charge, names three officials beside him and lists the groups the force deals with.

By Alexandre S. , 05:30 UTC

President Donald Trump announced the Super Intelligence Force himself on Sunday 4 October 2026, in a morning post on Truth Social, TechCrunch reports. The Wall Street Journal had reported the plan a day earlier, citing people familiar with it.

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The post puts Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton in charge and names three more officials: FTC chair Andrew Ferguson, OPM director Scott Kupor and Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s under secretary for research and engineering. In Trump’s wording, quoted by NPR, the group coordinates federal engagement with consumers, public interest groups, religious organisations, critical infrastructure providers and the companies he calls super intelligence companies.

The post sets no deadline. The 120-day report and a charter line about preventing overregulation come from the Journal’s account, TechCrunch notes. NPR adds that Congress has passed no federal law that broadly regulates how AI is built or used.

For companies selling AI to the US government, the post is the first official list of who the force talks to, and AI vendors sit on it beside consumers and infrastructure operators.

Earlier on this story: Trump names Jay Clayton to lead a Super Intelligence Force