Why DC Views Superintelligence as a National Security Threat

Washington now treats frontier AI as a national-security matter, with a task force and proposed antitrust carve-outs shaping how labs coordinate and pace development.

• Superintelligence Task Force: Chartered with a 120-day window, led by DNI Director Jay Clayton with Scott Kupor, FTC's Andrew Ferguson, and DOD R&E's Emil Michael, reporting to Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
• National security framing dominates: Hammond says the task force signals AI policy has moved from a venture-capital concern (the "David Sachs era") squarely into the national security state and Defense Department.

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