Clayton named AI czar OpenAI ex-staffer warns

Oct 4

Goodman reports Trump's Sunday appointment of Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as AI czar and leader of a new Super Intelligence Force coordinating federal AI development. In the connected context she describes senior OpenAI safety employee David Robinson's resignation and reads his Atlantic essay criticizing the company's culture and pace of launches, arguing that frontier-AI developers have not been careful enough. She briefly recalls a canceled upcoming model release and a pause in training the most powerful models. Robinson's criticism remains his account; the brief does not announce a restart or a replacement model release.

Trump appoints Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as AI czar to lead the new Super Intelligence Force and coordinate federal AI development. Democracy Now reports the appointment as a Sunday announcement. The passage supplies no implemented safety rule or completed work by the force.