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White House Super Intelligence Task Force Adopts Charter, Starts 120-Day AI Risk Report Clock

Summary

The White House's Super Intelligence task force formally adopted its charter on October 15, kicking off a 120-day window to prepare a report on how government should manage frontier AI development. DNI Jay Clayton chairs the group with National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, and will commission the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology to assess AI risks across cybersecurity and critical infrastructure, biosecurity, and model control. Pentagon CTO Emil Michael, a vice chair, will draft protocols for AI labs to report breaches and cyber incidents, while the task force implements the White House Accord on Super Intelligence signed by frontier AI CEOs this month.