Clayton to create report outlining AI risks and opportunities as czar: Report
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton has been appointed as the Trump administration's AI czar to lead a three-month initiative assessing the technology's risks and opportunities. Clayton stated that the risk of not being first in AI development is high, highlighting the urgency of the policy debate in Washington. This appointment follows a recent White House meeting where leading AI executives signed a non-binding self-regulation commitment known as the White House Accord on Super Intelligence.
- ▪Jay Clayton will serve as the AI czar and lead a three-month effort to establish the risks and opportunities of the technology.
- ▪Clayton told the Wall Street Journal that the risk of not being first in AI development is high.
- ▪Leading AI executives recently convened at the White House and signed a non-binding commitment to self-regulation.
- ▪The self-regulation commitment is titled the White House Accord on Super Intelligence.
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Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will serve as the Trump administration’s AI czar and lead a three-month effort to establish the “risks and opportunities” of the technology.Clayton, who was largely expected to lead the White House’s recently formed “Super Intelligence Force,” told the Wall Street Journal in an exclusive interview the “risk of not being first is high” as debates about AI policy swirl in Washington. His appointment comes less than a week after the nation’s leading AI executives convened at the White House and signed a non-binding commitment to self-regulation called the “White House Accord on Super Intelligence.” .explore-more-section { background: var(--wex-bg); border-top: 1px solid #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff; margin: 24px 0; margin-top: -20px;…
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