White House 'Super Intelligence Force' warns AI firms to disclose model safety incidents
A new White House working group, the Super Intelligence Force, warned AI developers that they must immediately disclose and remediate safety incidents involving their models or face consequences; the statement followed an Anthropic disclosure of a safety incident. Chaired by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton and running for 120 days, the group will work with the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to check companies' recent AI commitments, assess risks and ensure the government has resources to respond to model failures. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and former White House AI chief David Sacks back using existing liability law rather than new regulation to hold developers accountable, and President Trump said the Justice Department should step in when models go out of control, though legal experts question whether current product-liability and cybersecurity law can establish who is responsible for harm caused by rogue AI agents.
Making liability, rather than new rules, the centerpiece of AI safety policy could raise compliance and litigation stakes for OpenAI and Anthropic and weigh on their planned listings.