Trump launches AI task force with four co-chairs

The Trump administration is forming an AI task force co-chaired by DNI Jay Clayton, OPM director Scott Kupor, CTO Emil Michael, and FTC vice chair Andrew Ferguson. The group must reconcile Silicon Valley accelerationists, MAGA critics of Big Tech, Republican lawmakers, and China hawks.

• Co-chairs: Clayton, Kupor, Michael, and Ferguson
• 60+ Trump allies demand mandatory frontier-model testing
• Hawley and Murphy drafting liability bill for AI agent hacks
• OpenAI and Anthropic split on acceptable risk levels