The U.S. Department of Justice said it's formed a new task force charged with defending against the illicit use of artificial intelligence that may threaten U.S. interests.
Reflecting President Donald Trump's directive that the federal government call AI by the name "super intelligence" or SI, the DOJ is standing up the Super Intelligence Task Force to complement the work of the existing SI Force led by Jay Clayton.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said the DOJ's effort will "ensure critical SI technologies serve the American people and are not manipulated by bad actors at home or abroad."
"The Department of Justice will continue identifying and prosecuting individuals whose use of SI violates the law, including by maliciously targeting American taxpayers, critical U.S. infrastructure, or other aspects of our national security,” Blanche said in a statement.
The federal authorities said they'll guard against "state-sponsored actors, transnational criminal organizations, and individual or corporate actors engaged in fraud or other unlawful conduct," and they'll make sure companies using AI technology are maintaining "vigorous internal controls" to ensure it "behaves as intended."
The Trump administration has recently amplified its focus on AI issues at the same time that its active work in crypto policy has seemingly waned. The office that once helped shepherd crypto legislation in Congress has gone vacant, and the AI czar role now held by Clayton previously included a now-absent crypto remit.
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