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MTS @MTSlive · 20h SITUATION EXPLAINED: America's top spy is about to become Trump's AI czar. • Jay Clayton would hold both roles, so AI policy runs through the intelligence community rather than a separate White House office • He already oversees 18 intelligence agencies as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) • Before this he was SEC chairman for most of Trump's first term, then US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he led the investigation into Democrats associated with Epstein • On AI: superintelligence is a national security issue, it's both an opportunity and a threat, and he opposes a pause • He prefers existing law to new regulation, pointing at consumer protection, product liability, and the DOJ rather than the civil tort system @theojaffee: "Jay Clayton is the most senior officer in the government responsible for intelligence. I guess now he's gonna be a different kind of intelligence director." [Top of an embedded image visible at the bottom edge, text cut off: "In June 2026, Trump named Clayton as his nominee to serve as the ..." [cut off]]
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Tweet by MTS summarizing a report that Jay Clayton, the Director of National Intelligence, is about to also become Trump's AI czar, with bullet points on his background and AI stance and a closing quote from @theojaffee.
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