Trump forms a Super Intelligence Force led by spy chief Jay Clayton

On Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026, President Trump announced on Truth Social that he is forming a Super Intelligence Force to coordinate the federal government's work on what the administration now calls super intelligence. It will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael, and OPM Director Scott Kupor.

Washington now has a named team in charge of AI policy, and it is not a science office. It is the spy chief, the FTC chair, the Pentagon's tech chief, and the federal HR director, reporting straight to the president. That puts surveillance, consumer protection, defense, and the federal workforce at the same table — and it means the companies that just signed a voluntary accord now have a specific group of officials they answer to.

On Sunday, 4 October 2026, President Trump posted on Truth Social that he is forming a Super Intelligence Force. The post shortens that name to SIF. Truth Social is the social network he owns. The post is timed 8:23 a.m. Eastern. He opened by pointing at the White House Accord on Super Intelligence. He called that accord historic. He wrote that the world’s most important technology companies had come together and “confirmed their responsibilities to the American People.” Then he wrote: “I am announcing the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF).” Those sentences are his.

What the force is for. He wrote: “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, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans.” Super intelligence is the name his administration now uses for what most people still call artificial intelligence. On 29 September he signed an order telling agencies to print that name on new official writing. This post is the task force. That order is a different document.

Who it will deal with. Trump wrote that the force will coordinate the federal government’s engagement with consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers, and super intelligence companies. Critical infrastructure means systems people rely on, such as power, hospitals, and banks. A super intelligence company, in the post, is a firm building these systems. The post lists those groups. It does not name a company.

Who leads it. The post names four officials. Jay Clayton, director of national intelligence, runs the spy agencies. Andrew Ferguson is chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces consumer-protection law. Emil Michael is under secretary of war for research and engineering, and chief technology officer. Scott Kupor is director of the Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s human-resources office. Those titles are the post’s. Politico and NPR, the same morning, call Michael the under secretary of defense for research and engineering. TechCrunch and Just the News print the post’s words, “Under Secretary of War.”

Who they answer to. Trump wrote that the force will report to the president and to the chief of staff, Susie Wiles.

How coverage describes Clayton. Politico’s story is headlined “Trump gives spy chief new title: AI czar.” The page stamps 4 October 2026, 8:54 a.m. Eastern. It says Clayton will take a newly created artificial-intelligence czar role and keep running the spy community. It calls him a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal markets regulator. NPR’s story, “Trump names national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new AI czar,” stamps 4 October 2026, 2:36 p.m. Eastern. It calls him the new White House AI czar. NPR also says that before national intelligence he was United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, and before that the SEC chairman. AI czar is those outlets’ name for the job. The Truth Social post does not use that phrase. It names him as a leader of the force.

What the announcement sits next to. The post says it follows the White House Accord on Super Intelligence. That is the paper technology executives signed at the White House on 29 September. The Associated Press, in a dispatch PBS News carried at 12:31 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, calls that accord voluntary and says the companies would effectively police themselves. TechCrunch, stamped 8:15 a.m. Pacific on 4 October, calls the same paper a non-binding safety pledge. TechCrunch also sets Sunday’s post against the 29 September order that swaps the name super intelligence in for artificial intelligence. And it notes that in September Trump said he would form an AI Force and name an AI czar, without naming who. Sunday’s post is the one that names the Super Intelligence Force and the four officials.

The picture is an official portrait of Jay Clayton beside the words Super Intelligence Force. He faces the camera in a navy suit and a light blue tie, with the American flag behind him. A dark panel on the right carries the title in white, a thin gold line, and his name in gold: Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton. It is his official portrait, with a title card beside it. It is not a photograph of the four officials together, and the frame does not print a calendar date.

In plain terms, on Sunday morning the president said he is standing up a Super Intelligence Force to coordinate the federal government’s work on super intelligence. He named the spy chief, the FTC chairman, the Pentagon research-and-engineering chief, and the federal personnel director, and he said they report to him and to Susie Wiles. The post ties the force to last week’s industry accord. Politico and NPR call Clayton the new AI czar.