'Super intelligence is a national security issue,' Jay Clayton says; dodges AI 'czar' question

Jay Clayton, Director of National Intelligence, stated that superintelligence is a national security concern and opposed pausing AI development in the U.S. He supports federal agencies regulating AI rather than self-policing or civil tort systems. Clayton declined to comment on becoming an AI czar after a White House meeting with tech leaders including Anthropic and OpenAI.