President Trump is expected to name Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as the White House AI czar, a role that would shape policy for rapidly evolving AI technology. The appointment comes amid mounting pressure for federal intervention in AI, but also within an administration that has rebranded AI as 'super intelligence'—a move WIRED characterizes as a loyalty test that tech executives meekly passed. Critics question whether concentrating AI policy in an intelligence chief rather than technical experts will serve the public interest, especially given immediate risks from error-prone AI systems in high-stakes government settings.