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4 October 2026

Trump appoints intelligence director Jay Clayton as White House AI czar

First reported

Bloomberg, NPR and 2 others ran this on , all on the same day.

  • Jay Clayton, who leads the US intelligence community, will now also head what Trump calls the Super Intelligence Force, a new federal effort to coordinate AI policy across government agencies and with industry.
  • Clayton told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing that AI is both an opportunity and a threat, saying the government needs to understand it fully rather than ignore the risks.
  • The appointment replaces David Sacks, a venture capitalist who served as the first AI czar until March 2026 and still advises the administration on science and technology.

Reported by The Guardian, NPR, Politico, Bloomberg