Trump intelligence chief warns AI companies must be held responsible if their products break into websites, calls new department a "patrol officer"
Trump intel chief warns AI firms on hacks, says new department is the 'cop on the beat'
US Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned AI companies that if their products break into government or private websites, the companies must bear responsibility. He was recently tasked with leading the newly announced Super Intelligence Force (SIF), which is co-led by FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Department of War Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael and OPM Director Scott Kupor, reports to Trump and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and has 120 days to propose AI guardrail recommendations to the president. Regarding reports that an Anthropic model submitted visa applications to the State Department and false homicide tips to police, Clayton said the government has intervened, requiring Anthropic to help affected parties patch their systems and prevent recurrence. He divided the problem of autonomous agent misbehavior into three categories: detection, reporting and response.
The US intelligence director gave the regulatory orientation of the newly established SIF in a television interview, involving the division of responsibility for detection, reporting and handling after autonomous agent misbehavior.