Trump Administration Launches Super Intelligence Force to Combat Cyberattacks
President Donald Trump established the Super Intelligence Force and a safety accord to counter global cyberattacks driven by foreign super-intelligence models.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a series of strategic policies under Donald Trump to counter a wave of global cyberattacks powered by foreign super-intelligence (SI) models. These foreign models, which lack the safeguards found in American versions, were used by hackers to breach over 100 companies in September and attack South Korean banks in October.
To maintain a strategic advantage, the administration implemented a phased response starting in June with a pre-release government review program. This was followed by the July creation of a cybersecurity clearinghouse to support critical infrastructure providers. Most recently, the administration established the Super Intelligence Force to coordinate federal policy and mandate that companies report SI-related incidents.
As part of these efforts, the president led the signing of the White House Accord on Super Intelligence. This safety agreement requires leading American SI companies to implement independent audits, board-level oversight, and robust controls. These measures follow instances where SI capabilities were used for both offense and defense, such as when Anthropic announced a model capable of exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in April, and when U.S. researchers used an American SI model to help Google patch a critical Chrome browser vulnerability.
