Trump is expected to appoint Jay Clayton as new AI czar: Reports
Donald Trump is expected to appoint Jay Clayton, currently US director of national intelligence, as the new AI czar, according to reports citing unnamed sources. The move follows Trump’s plan to create an “AI Force” modeled after the Space Force and oversee AI growth without adding rules that could hinder innovation. The appointment comes amid rising debate over AI safety. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently warned that unchecked AI development could outrun society’s ability to understand and control it, while Anthropic also moved to use Accenture as an embedded evaluator to help moderate development. OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk supported Amodei’s call for caution; Nvidia’s Jensen Huang did not. Trump also recently met with AI and tech executives at the White House, where they agreed to “self-police” AI models and development. Clayton previously led the SEC in Trump’s first term and has said AI is both an opportunity and a threat.
