The U.S. Justice Department has created a Super Intelligence Task Force to lead its work on AI crimes and AI lawsuits. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward and Associate Deputy Attorney General Stephen Weiss will lead the group, which will also take over the AI Litigation Task Force's work.
The U.S. Justice Department has set up a task force to lead its work on AI crimes and AI lawsuits. The group is called the Super Intelligence Task Force, the department announced Thursday.
The name follows a September order from President Donald Trump directing federal agencies to use the term “super intelligence” in official documents.
Who leads the Super Intelligence Task Force?
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward and Associate Deputy Attorney General Stephen Weiss will lead the group. According to the DOJ, it will target foreign states, criminal gangs, and people or companies that use AI to commit fraud.
What happened to the AI Litigation Task Force?
The task force will also take over the work of the department's AI Litigation Task Force. That unit was created in January to challenge state AI laws in federal court. The change was laid out in an internal memo from Attorney General Todd Blanche dated Oct. 13, which Nextgov reported.
How will the task force work with the White House?
Beyond enforcement, the new group will set priorities and write rules for how AI crimes are prosecuted, according to Nextgov. It will also serve as the DOJ’s main link to the White House’s Super Intelligence Force, which is led by intelligence director Jay Clayton.
“The Department of Justice will continue identifying and prosecuting individuals whose use of SI violates the law,” Blanche said in a statement.
Weiss said the department will also press companies to maintain tight controls so their AI systems work as intended.
The DOJ did not say how many staff members the task force will have or how much it will cost.
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