Trump Launches ‘Super Intelligence Force’ to Win AI Race
President Donald Trump is putting America’s artificial intelligence future under a new command structure — and he is calling it something bigger than artificial intelligence itself. On October 4, 2026, Trump announced he has named National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton to lead a brand-new “Super Intelligence Force” tasked with making sure the United States keeps its lead in the most important technology race on the planet.
In a Truth Social post, Trump said the force will coordinate the federal government’s entire effort around superintelligence — systems that would surpass human ability across every domain. “The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet,” Trump wrote, adding that it will “protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans.”
Who Is on the Team
The force is stacked with heavy hitters. It will be led by Clayton alongside Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor, and Pentagon research and technology official Emil Michael. The wider team also includes Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, White House deputy chief of staff Richard Walters, and former AI czar David Sacks.
Clayton has 120 days to deliver a report on the pros and cons of the technology. The group’s charter calls for finding ways to mitigate AI risks and developing plans to respond to threats powered by superintelligence — while preventing the kind of overregulation that, in Trump’s words, would stifle innovation and competition.
Tech Giants Sign Trump’s AI Accord
The new force follows a remarkable gathering last week in which Trump brought the biggest names in tech to the table. Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei all met with the president, and six major firms — Nvidia, SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google — signed what the White House called the “White House Accord on Super Intelligence,” a joint commitment on frontier responsibilities. Trump said he considers the commitment morally binding.
From “AI” to “SI”: The Great Rebrand
The move builds on Executive Order 14434, signed September 29 and titled “Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence.” The order directs federal agencies to replace the term “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence” in official communications — a linguistic signal that Washington now treats the technology as a civilizational leap, not just another industry.
The rebrand is already rippling through the culture: registrations for Slovenia’s “.si” internet domain surged 2,199% in September as investors raced to claim digital real estate tied to the new terminology. A second September 29 order also created America.gov, a single portal for federal services.
Why It Matters
Seventy-three percent of Americans told Quinnipiac pollsters they worry AI could threaten human survival, and 71% told CNN the federal government isn’t doing enough on AI safety. Trump is betting that voters want leadership, not bureaucracy — a coordinated national push that keeps America ahead of China while guarding against real risks.
Whether the “Super Intelligence Force” becomes a lasting institution or a campaign-era signal, one thing is clear: Trump has decided the AI race will be won in America, and he is organizing the entire federal government around that goal.
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