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Trump Announces an AI Czar for His Newly Created ‘Super Intelligence Force’

President Trump has named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as his AI czar and chair of a new Super Intelligence Force. We set out who sits on it, what its 120-day charter asks for, how it compares with Space Force and earlier White House AI bodies, why Clayton calls not being first the biggest risk, and what it means for UK and EU buyers of AI.

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Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok Reportedly Encouraged Trump to Capture Venezuela’s President

TIME reports that Donald Trump spent hours asking Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot questions in December 2025, including how Venezuelans would react if the US captured Nicolas Maduro. We set out exactly what TIME reported and how the story changed in the retelling, what Venezuelans actually thought, how Grok is used by the Pentagon, and what the episode teaches about AI in decision-making.

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US Government’s New AI Chatbot Pulls Back From Debunking Trump

On launch day the US government’s new AI chatbot told users Joe Biden won the 2020 election and that Donald Trump did not inherit record inflation. A day later many of the same questions drew a ‘political commentary’ refusal. We set out what changed hour by hour, what it still answers, the rules it is meant to follow, and the lessons for anyone running a public-facing chatbot.

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Here’s How Tech Leaders Will Self-Police AI Safety Under Trump’s Deal

Trump’s AI safety accord asks each company for internal controls, an internal team, an outside auditor and a board committee. The structure copies Sarbanes-Oxley but drops the standards body, certifications and penalties. Four of six signatories had already broken rule one, the FTC’s new probe reaches the evaluators, and buyers now have questions to ask.

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Trump Touts AI Boss Pledge to Self-Regulate

President Trump and six technology bosses signed a one-page White House accord on 29 September 2026 promising four layers of controls and audits for frontier systems. We set out the text word for word, who signed and who only came to lunch, what the pledge leaves out, how it compares with the 2023 voluntary commitments, the EU AI Act and California SB 53, and what buyers should ask their suppliers.

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China, US Agree to $30 Billion Tariff Cut, Beijing Says

China says it agreed a $30 billion reciprocal tariff cut with the United States during Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington, alongside a trade council, a truce extension and a standing AI dialogue. The White House lists the goods on each side but calls the package recommendations, and neither government has published rates or a start date. This article compares the two accounts, measures the deal against 2025 trade and sets out what to watch before the truce expires on 10 January 2027.

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Super Intelligence: Trump’s Bold AI Rename and Real Risk

President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 2026 that the United States will call artificial intelligence “super intelligence” from now on, and the White House published the line with the word hereinafter attached. The same sentence rejects any “globalist scheme of control” over these systems. This article sets out the exact wording, the capability ladder the rename flattens, which documents a presidential rename can and cannot reach, and why the rejection of pooled international assessment is the part with measurable consequences.

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Obama Urges Democrats to Have a ‘Clear Plan’ for AI Safeguards

Barack Obama told Democrats at a private fundraiser on 10 September 2026 that they need a “very clear plan” on AI. We count what his 379 released words actually say, map the five issues a plan for AI safeguards would have to cover, and set it against the congressional calendar, Speaker Mike Johnson’s reply, Trump’s March framework and what voters tell pollsters.

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