President Trump is reportedly planning to appoint Jay Clayton, his current director of national intelligence, to take on an additional role overseeing artificial intelligence policy for the White House, a position Trump has taken to calling the super intelligence czar. Clayton has already earned a vote of confidence from Trump, who previously told Axios he thought Clayton would be a solid choice for the job. According to sources familiar with the matter, who spoke with the publication, Clayton is expected to hold both titles simultaneously. This comes at a time when pressure is building on the government to step in and address how quickly AI technology is advancing, even though Trump has consistently pushed back against heavy regulation, repeatedly dismissing concerns that AI poses a serious threat to humanity as nothing more than a hoax. What's reportedly made Clayton an appealing pick is his track record as DNI, where he's demonstrated that he takes the security risks tied to AI seriously, something that appears to have shifted Trump's thinking in his favor. More recently, in an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box, Clayton referred to super intelligence as a national security issue, a view he said is shared by AI industry leaders who met with Trump at the White House earlier this week. Clayton himself attended that tech focused lunch. Still, he made clear he doesn't believe anyone in that room thinks pausing AI development in the U.S. would be a smart strategy. Sagar is a journalist with an interest primarily in geopolitics and American domestic politics. Before joining Times Now, he wrote for Republic and Sw... View More