White House

Recent signals

• Letter: the White House argues it doesn't have to share the full draft of its voluntary AI testing framework, citing national security and commercial exemptions (Leo Schwartz/The Information) Nov 1, 2026
• AI Ushers in New Era of Cybersecurity Needs Oct 23, 2026
• The White House's AI task force begins its 120-day window to evaluate AI, including producing a risk report, implementing the White House Accord on SI, and more (Ashley Gold/Semafor) Oct 15, 2026
• UK to Evaluate AI Models Before Release, Reversing Trump Policy Oct 12, 2026
• Sources: Anthropic's AI agents submitted 20 visa applications via a form on the US State Department website; the applications were incomplete and not processed (New York Times) Oct 10, 2026
• Trump says the WH considers as "THE ENEMY" anyone who uses the term Artificial Intelligence, not "the highly accepted" and "more accurate" Super Intelligence (Donald J. Trump/@realDonaldTrump ...) Oct 8, 2026
• Crusoe Pledges $50M in AI Compute to White House Initiative Oct 7, 2026
• Sources: former White House AI adviser Sriram Krishnan is raising a ~$500M fund to back growth- and later-stage US AI startups, prioritizing national security (Leo Schwartz/The Information) Oct 7, 2026
• Sources: AI czar Jay Clayton to chair the WH's AI task force, called "Super Intelligence Force", to pen a report on AI's risks and opportunities within 120 days (Alex Leary/Wall Street Journal) Oct 3, 2026
• Trump Taps Clayton for AI Task Force in Response to Safety Fears Oct 3, 2026
• Call it AI, call it Super Intelligence, only 2% of consumers are buying it Oct 2, 2026
• It’s not AI anymore, it’s ‘super intelligence’ (according to the White House) Oct 2, 2026
• Sources: Jay Clayton will likely be the White House's pick for AI czar, and he may remain in his current role as director of national intelligence (Jennifer Jacobs/CBS News) Oct 1, 2026
• Trump’s AI Safety ‘Accord’ Is a Fancy Pinky-Swear Sep 30, 2026
• The US stood alone in dismissing AI safety concerns at the UN, leaving nations to set nonbinding rules without buy-in from the home of the biggest AI companies (Ashley Gold/Semafor) Sep 25, 2026
• Sources: the White House asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share new models with UK's AISI until US reviews them; Anthropic appears to have agreed (Politico) Sep 24, 2026
• At a White House summit, Xi Jinping says the US and China share the "capability and responsibility" to manage AI for good and calls for healthy competition (Abigail Hauslohner/Financial Times) Sep 24, 2026
• Sources: a White House memo paints effective altruism as a fringe, dangerous cult that "built the AI-doom pipeline" and places Dario Amodei at its foundation (Axios) Sep 24, 2026
• A detailed recap of the White House's 19-day standoff with Anthropic, where a jailbreak dispute led officials to bluntly order Dario Amodei to take Fable down (Politico) Sep 21, 2026
• Sam Altman and Jensen Huang are among business leaders attending a White House state dinner for Xi Jinping next week; a source says Tim Cook will also attend (Bloomberg) Sep 17, 2026