US President Trump announced on October 4 the establishment of the "Super Intelligence Force" (SIF), led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, with the heads of the Federal Trade Commission, the Pentagon, and the Office of Personnel Management participating jointly. This working group will coordinate federal government affairs related to artificial intelligence and report to Trump and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

Four officials are responsible for liaising with enterprises and the public. Trump stated that the working group's mission is to coordinate federal government actions, maintain the United States' leading position in the field of artificial intelligence, and protect the interests of the American people. Its scope of engagement includes consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers, and artificial intelligence enterprises. In addition to Clayton, the officials participating in leading the working group include Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Pentagon Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael, and Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor.

Clayton previously served as Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump's first term and was confirmed by the Senate in July of this year to serve as Director of National Intelligence. This appointment will further involve him in federal government policy coordination on artificial intelligence. Prior to the establishment of the working group, Trump met with heads of major technology companies at the White House on September 29 to encourage companies to sign an agreement centered on voluntary safety measures.

Companies committed to establishing a four-layer safety oversight mechanism. This "White House Super Intelligence Agreement" was signed by the heads of Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, and Nvidia, requiring companies developing and deploying frontier models to establish a four-layer control and audit mechanism. The first layer is internal control, monitoring during model training and deployment whether its capabilities and behavior meet expectations, with a focus on covering cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical threats, and preventing models from intruding into or accessing technical systems in unintended ways. The second layer is establishing an internal team to check whether control, monitoring, and detection mechanisms are operating normally and to drive rectification of issues. The third layer is introducing independent external audit or assessment institutions to verify the actual effectiveness of the above mechanisms. The fourth layer is having an independent board committee receive internal and external assessment reports and oversee the resolution of issues. Participating companies also committed to meeting regularly to develop safety standards and best practices. The agreement proposes that consideration could be given in the future to incorporating these measures into law or regulatory rules; companies currently commit to proactively implementing these control and audit arrangements.

"Super Intelligence" has become a new term in the federal executive branch. The name of the working group continues Trump's recent adjustment of artificial intelligence terminology. On September 29, Trump signed an executive order requiring federal executive departments, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to replace "artificial intelligence" and "AI" with "super intelligence" and "SI" in official communications, public promotion, websites, reports, and policy documents. The executive order also clarified that the current scope of application of "super intelligence" follows the existing US legal definition of artificial intelligence. Previously issued regulations, presidential documents, contracts, grants, and other historical documents do not need to be modified as a result. The head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy was also required to submit proposed legislative text within 60 days, propose a federal-level definition of "super intelligence," and assess whether existing legal references to artificial intelligence need to be modified. The establishment of this working group, following corporate safety commitments and the adjustment of executive branch terminology, further clarifies the federal government's coordination leadership.