{"id":791888,"date":"2026-10-04T17:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T17:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/791888\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T17:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T17:48:08","slug":"trump-names-intelligence-chief-jay-clayton-as-new-white-house-ai-czar-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/791888\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump names intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new White House AI czar | Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump on Sunday named Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence<\/a>, to serve also as the new White House AI czar.<\/p>\n

Clayton, who leads the US\u2019s 18 intelligence agencies<\/a>, previously served as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan and led the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n

During his Senate confirmation hearing<\/a>, Clayton said AI was a \u201cgamechanger\u201d, but it also posed \u201ca threat\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen something\u2019s both an opportunity and a threat, you better get your arms around it,\u201d Clayton told lawmakers when asked about AI.<\/p>\n

CBS News was the first<\/a> to report that Clayton would be appointed White House AI czar.<\/p>\n

In a social media post on Sunday, Trump announced that Clayton would lead what the US president called \u201cthe Super Intelligence Force (SIF)\u201d.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s post also said the SIF would \u201ccoordinate the federal government\u2019s engagement with consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers, and super intelligence companies\u201d.<\/p>\n

In September, Trump announced<\/a> he was creating an \u201cAI Force\u201d <\/a>and a czar to oversee the technology\u2019s growth and monitor for \u201cbad\u201d development. The announcement came after tech industry leaders warned that AI was developing too rapidly<\/a> to control and that it could harm humans.<\/p>\n

The president has largely brushed aside concerns about AI development <\/a>and the construction of datacenters, which power the technology.<\/p>\n

Trump has insisted continued development is paramount to defeating China in the global AI race.<\/p>\n

But to address concerns, the president created an advisory committee in addition to the czar \u2013 who he previously promised would be led by a \u201cHigh IQ\u201d individual. Trump also recently met with AI industry leaders to discuss concerns.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Trump and six executives signed an AI accord<\/a> at the White House, promising to create internal and external monitors to ensure the technology is used as intended and any safety issues are addressed.<\/p>\n

Trump had initially created the AI and cryptocurrency czar position when he returned to the White House in January 2025.<\/p>\n

David Sacks, the venture capitalist and tech businessman, served as the administration\u2019s AI and cryptocurrency czar until March 2026, when he reached his employment limit under his designation as a \u201cspecial government employee\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sacks still co-chairs the President\u2019s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.<\/p>\n

Trump previously floated Clayton\u2019s name as a potential AI czar, telling Axios<\/a> in September that Clayton is \u2018\u201ca good man\u201d and the prospect of appointing him was \u201ca good idea\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump on Sunday named Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence, to serve also as the new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-791888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}