Jay Clayton, the Director of National Intelligence recently appointed as White House AI czar, is making his first visit to Silicon Valley to meet key industry leaders including Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. The trip, announced on October 7, 2026, is part of a 120-day review of AI risks and opportunities conducted by the newly created Super Intelligence Force body, which includes Vice President JD Vance and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Clayton, a former SEC chair from 2017 to 2020, advocates a light-touch regulatory approach and opposes any pause in technological development, viewing US leadership in AI as a national security priority. This strategy follows the voluntary White House Accord on Super Intelligence signed in late September by leading AI companies, a self-regulation pact without binding enforcement mechanisms. The findings of the 120-day assessment will determine whether this light-touch approach will be maintained or tightened.
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