President Trump now wants to create a “Superintelligence Force” that can maintain US control over the field. Chairing this force will be National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton; Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson; Under Secretary of War Emil Michael; and Office of Personnel Management Director, Scott Kupor. Trump even convinced Musk to begin using the term—and perhaps other AI CEOs whom he brought to the White House—issuing an Executive Order to that effect.

The nature of how that “Superintelligence Force” will work is not totally clear. In a statement at the White House on October 4, Trump said, “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.” A White House statement says that it will coordinate government engagement with consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers, and “superintelligence companies.”