Trump likely to pick Jay Clayton for AI czar, sources say

President Donald Trump is leaning toward naming Jay Clayton, the current director of national intelligence, as the White House's AI czar, and officials have discussed letting him keep his existing post while taking on the new one. That is according to sources briefed on the matter, three of whom said the president is expected to decide soon, according to CBS News.

The possible appointment comes as Washington debates how to handle both the dangers and the promise of increasingly powerful artificial intelligence. Trump said last month that he would create the AI czar position, using a social media post to say that only people with high IQs should apply. On Tuesday, the heads of the country's leading AI companies came to the White House to sign a set of voluntary safety standards.

After that meeting, Trump told reporters he would name someone within three or four days and described the person as extraordinary, though he did not give a name in the remarks reported. A White House official told CBS News that personnel announcements will come directly from the president and characterized any reporting before then as baseless speculation.

Summarized by PolitiKool from CBS News’s reporting. Read the full story at CBS News →