Trump Announces Formation of 'Superintelligence Force'.. What Is Its Goal?

US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday the formation of a "Superintelligence Force" to coordinate federal government efforts, ensure continued US global leadership in this field, protect American interests, and improve their lives.

In a post on the "Truth Social" platform, Trump said the step comes after what he described as a "historic agreement" reached at the White House regarding superintelligence, bringing together leading technology companies to confirm their commitment to responsibilities toward the American people.

He added that the force will coordinate federal government interactions with consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure service providers, and superintelligence companies.

Trump noted that many see this field as potentially surpassing the importance of the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of the Internet.

According to the post, the force will be led by Jay Clayton, Andrew Ferguson, Emil Michael, and Scott Coburn.

Trump clarified that the force will report directly to him and to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

"Strict Controls"

Earlier, Trump announced that technology company officials who met at the White House to discuss regulating the artificial intelligence sector signed an "ethically binding" agreement to put sufficient safeguards for this rapidly evolving technology, at a time when Congress is intensifying calls for stricter oversight of the sector.

Following the meeting that included prominent leaders of the AI sector, Trump added that tech companies "will police themselves." However, he rejected the idea of imposing new federal regulations on artificial intelligence.

A number of prominent global tech sector leaders, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Sundar Pichai (Google), and Jensen Huang (Nvidia), met with Trump and US House Speaker Mike Johnson, along with Dario Amodei (Anthropic) and Greg Brockman (OpenAI).

Among the 31 guests, only two women participated: Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff, and Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Zuckerberg said the agreement aims to reassure users that AI technology "works the way we want it to."

He added that the commitment includes "strict internal controls" and multiple layers of scrutiny, considering the agreement a starting point for setting standards across the entire industry.

For his part, Elon Musk noted that executives effectively agreed to "correct each other's duties," adding that this is "much better than each party correcting its own duties, for obvious reasons."

These moves come amid rising negative sentiments towards artificial intelligence in Washington, amidst growing pressure on legislators to limit or slow down the development of this technology, fearing it may replace workers and cause radical changes in society.