White House AI policy
The superintelligence pact, task force, AI czar, mandatory incident reporting and more.
- Oct 1108:15
White House Tells AI Companies Incident Reporting Is Mandatory, After Anthropic's Disclosure
this is the first time the Trump administration has framed AI safety incident reporting as mandatory rather than voluntary — the voluntary accord of September 29 is barely dry — and it covers every frontier AI company, moving AI incident reporting into the policy arena.
- Oct 901:50
White House Announces $2.4B in AI-for-Science Tool and Compute Credit Pledges From 11 Companies
The $2.4 billion from 11 companies comes as compute credits and tools rather than cash appropriations; Nvidia's $1 billion over five years is more than 40% of it, covering more than 15 federal agencies.
- Oct 407:45
White House Stands Up 'Super Intelligence Force': DNI Jay Clayton to Lead, Report Due in 120 Days
The task force has 120 days to recommend the federal government's role in AI oversight; Clayton says industry remains the primary vehicle for managing risk, with new mechanisms modeled on Fed/SEC financial risk frameworks rather than new federal rules.
- Oct 307:35
Trump Expected to Name Intel Chief Jay Clayton as White House "AI Czar"
Clayton would be the second US AI czar, after David Sacks left in March; he may keep his post overseeing 18 intelligence agencies, and the new role covers AI only, not crypto.
- Sep 3006:00
Six Tech CEOs Sign White House Superintelligence Accord: Trump Calls It "Almost Like a Constitution"
Six companies signed four voluntary commitments, including independent outside evaluation and an independent board committee; Trump called the accord morally binding, not legally binding.
- 04:15
Trump Renames AI: Government Docs Switch to Super Intelligence, Executive Order Tonight
The executive order replaces "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" in US government communications; at the same lunch Trump rejected new federal AI safety rules.
- Sep 2812:03
Trump Hosts Anthropic CEO at White House, 48 Hours After Court Backed the Blacklist
It is the first one-on-one between Trump and Amodei, 48 hours after an appeals court upheld, 2-1, the Pentagon's "supply-chain risk" designation of Anthropic.