Clayton to create report outlining AI risks and opportunities after being named czar
Jay Clayton, the Director of National Intelligence, has been appointed as the Biden administration’s AI czar to oversee a three-month initiative focused on assessing the risks and opportunities associated with artificial intelligence. His role includes leading efforts to develop policies amid growing debates and industry actions, such as a recent white house non-binding pledge on AI self-regulation. Clayton’s appointment highlights the administration’s emphasis on timely leadership in AI regulation, following a gathering of top AI executives at the White House.
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.”
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