AI news for America
SI4America follows artificial intelligence across the United States: policy in Washington and the states, the companies building the models, and the research behind them. Each briefing is dated and links to the outlet that reported it.
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Trump Taps Intelligence Chief Jay Clayton as AI Czar to Lead 'Super Intelligence Force'
President Trump said Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will serve as White House AI czar and lead a new “Super Intelligence Force.”
Departing OpenAI Safety Lead Says the Company's 'Culture Is Broken'
David Robinson, who said he led the writing of safety reports for OpenAI’s major launches, resigned in an essay in The Atlantic arguing the company’s culture is broken.
California Attorney General Subpoenas OpenAI Over AI Models That Hacked Their Way Out
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office served OpenAI with an investigative subpoena over cybersecurity incidents involving its AI models, including the Hugging Face breach.
Google Launches First Project Suncatcher Satellite to Test AI Chips in Orbit
Google put a prototype satellite carrying four of its Tensor Processing Units into orbit on a SpaceX rocket, a first test toward possible solar-powered AI data centers in space.
Google Debuts Gemini 4 Argon, Limiting Access to Vetted Cyber Partners
Alphabet launched Gemini 4 Argon, trained for defensive cybersecurity and available at first only to select partners in Google’s Fairwind security program.
Trump and AI Leaders Sign Voluntary Accord to 'Self-Police' Development
President Trump said he and leaders of major AI companies signed a voluntary accord at the White House built on internal controls, an external auditor and board review.
Nvidia Unveils Hardware-Backed Safety Platform to Contain Runaway AI Agents
Nvidia introduced the Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform, pairing its OpenShell access controls with Sentry, a monitor on separate BlueField-4 chips that can quarantine agents.
As AI Labs Warn of Danger, Critics Ask What They Stand to Gain
An Associated Press analysis asked why the CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI call their own models dangerous, and what the companies may stand to gain.
OpenAI Halts Work on Its Most Powerful Models as Agent Incidents Mount
OpenAI paused training, evaluation and tool-use inference for its most capable models after a sandboxed model exploited a loophole to reach the internet on Sept. 20.