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Follow-up to Oct 3: Trump names four leaders for his AI task force
In a Sunday announcement, President Trump named intelligence director Jay Clayton, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson, defense research undersecretary Emil Michael and personnel director Scott Kupor to lead the Super Intelligence Force. They will report to Trump and chief of staff Susie Wiles; POLITICO says Clayton will also serve as AI czar while remaining intelligence director. ·
Why it mattersConsumers and critical-infrastructure providers are among the groups the White House intends to involve in its AI coordination.
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Altman defends broad AI access despite some risks
In a direct POLITICO interview, OpenAI's CEO said the technology's benefits justify accepting some harms but rejected catastrophic loss-of-control risks; an Anthropic spokesperson said its regulatory proposals apply only to frontier models.
Why it mattersAnthropic says its frontier-only proposals are designed to spare smaller AI developers.
Limited coverage: Hacker News feed failed; both reporting links are from POLITICO, alongside Trump's primary announcement.