On October 4, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the creation of the "Super Intelligence Force" (SIF), a special task force charged with coordinating federal work on superintelligence. According to China News Service, the group will be co-led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Department of Defense Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael, and OPM Director Scott Kupor, reporting directly to the President and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

From "AI" to "SI": A Renaming with Teeth

This is not an isolated reshuffle. On September 29, Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to replace "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) with "Super Intelligence" (SI) in official communications, public statements, websites, reports and policy documents. On October 5, The Wall Street Journal's Chinese edition reported that the new "AI czar" had published the task force's goals and member list; Cailian Press earlier reported that Clayton "explicitly opposes pausing AI development." Naming, personnel and institutions moving in lockstep mark a new phase in which the intelligence and security establishment steers White House AI policy.

Key Facts

· Oct 4: SIF officially established, co-led by four officials reporting directly to the President

· Sep 29: Executive order replaces "AI" with "SI" across federal documents

· DNI Clayton doubles as White House AI affairs lead, dubbed the "AI czar"

· A risk-assessment report is reportedly due within 120 days

Why an Intelligence Director

White House AI policy was previously run by Silicon Valley figures; handing the portfolio to the intelligence community is widely read as a pivot from "acceleration" to "safety control." The task force's coordination remit covers consumers, public-interest groups, religious organizations, critical-infrastructure providers and superintelligence companies — far beyond traditional tech policy. Elon Musk reportedly responded that SpaceXAI would rename itself SpaceXSI, underscoring how fast industry reads these signals.

"The task force will coordinate communication and cooperation between the federal government and consumers, public-interest groups, religious organizations, critical-infrastructure providers, and superintelligence companies." — Trump, as reported by China News Service

Converging with the Global Governance Clock

The timing is striking: 22 leading scholars including Hinton and Bengio had just co-signed a warning that an "intelligence explosion" is nearer than assumed; reports say a thousand-plus practitioners signed an open letter urging a brake on the race; and Washington and Beijing are exploring an AI incident hotline. As RSI (recursive self-improvement) turns from paper term into policy verb, safety capability is becoming governance infrastructure. For AI vendors serving global markets, America's terminology switch and new regulatory interfaces mean compliance documents, procurement language and risk frameworks all face rewrites.

The NineZenith View

Tighter governance is not necessarily bad news: when regulators demand explainable risk assessment and incident response, platforms with end-to-end security auditing and compliance delivery gain structural advantage. NineZenith keeps safety alignment and compliance foundations built into its Tiandun and Tianxing product lines, helping enterprise clients stay steady while rules keep evolving.

(Compiled from China News Service, Xinhua, The Wall Street Journal Chinese edition, Cailian Press, RFI and other public reports.)