Trump is expected to appoint Jay Clayton as new AI czar: Reports
US intel chief Clayton may be asked to also oversee AI innovation and development along with “self policing” tech CEOs.
President Donald Trump is set to appoint Jay Clayton, the US director of national intelligence, as the new AI czar, according to reports from CNN and other media outlets. This appointment comes as part of Trump's plan to create an "AI Force" akin to the Space Force, aimed at managing the rapidly expanding AI sector without imposing regulations that might stifle innovation.
Clayton, who led the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump's first term, is expected to continue his role as director of national intelligence. The president's decision to appoint Clayton follows public warnings about the potential dangers of AI, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposing a three-step plan to slow down AI development to a safer pace.
Notably, Anthropic chose Accenture to help moderate the pace of AI development, following Amodei's proposal. While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk expressed support for Amodei's proposal, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disagreed, arguing that regulation was unnecessary. On Tuesday, Trump convened AI and technology leaders at the White House to sign a commitment to self-police their companies' AI models and development.
However, a White House official denied these reports, stating that any announcement would be made by the president directly.
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