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Trump intel chief puts AI companies on NOTICE

In a Fox News interview with Lara Trump, Jay Clayton, named in the description as leader of the Super Intelligence Force, says AI developers are responsible for what their products do, describes a 120-day review, and argues for staying ahead of adversaries.

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Why it matters

The same thing, for different readers.

What it means for you

A senior US official says AI companies are responsible when their products hack websites, and that the government wants to be the cop on the beat.

For lawmakers

Jay Clayton describes the Super Intelligence Force's 120-day task as designing a reporting and response protocol for AI incidents, modelled on aviation and finance.

The question it raises

Jay Clayton rejects the idea that AI models having a mind of their own could shift responsibility away from the companies that build them.

In their own words

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“LET ME BE CLEAR HACKING OF A GOVERNMENT WEB SITE IN HACKING OF A PRIVATE-SECTOR WEB SITE IF YOUR PRODUCT DOES THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE”
Jay Clayton, Director of National Intelligence, per the video descriptionAnswering a question about an Anthropic model that filed applications and a tip, and where Washington must step in.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 2:28 ↗Speaker known from context, not confirmed by listening
“THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE THE COP ON THE BEAT”
Jay Clayton, Director of National Intelligence, per the video descriptionDescribing the reporting and response protocol for AI incidents that the task force is developing.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 1:44 ↗Speaker known from context, not confirmed by listening
“I GIVE THE PRESIDENT SO MUCH CREDIT FOR BRINGING THE FRONTIER LABS TOGETHER WHERE THEY SAID YOU KNOW WHAT WE GET IT. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR WHAT OUR PRODUCTS DO.”
Jay Clayton, Director of National Intelligence, per the video descriptionDescribing a meeting of frontier labs convened by the President, and what Clayton says the labs said.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 3:18 ↗Speaker known from context, not confirmed by listening
“I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE PRIVATE-SECTOR GOVERNMENT DIALOGUE THAT IS CANDID AND COMPREHENSIVE. EACH STEP WE MAKE THE GOVERNMENT IS INFORMED AND WE ARE NOT HOLDING PEOPLE BACK FROM MAKING THESE DEVELOPMENTS.”
Jay Clayton, Director of National Intelligence, per the video descriptionAsked how to keep safeguards in place without slowing the US in its race with China.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 4:52 ↗Speaker known from context, not confirmed by listening
“I'M A BELIEVER THAT SUPER INTELLIGENCE IS GOING TO CREATE MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES MOVING FORWARD.”
Jay Clayton, Director of National Intelligence, per the video descriptionAnswering worries about jobs, after saying the Department of Labor would be proactive.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 9:00 ↗Speaker known from context, not confirmed by listening

The record

Questions
Who can demand evidence, delay a release or stop an unsafe deployment? · Can AI systems act beyond what people intended or allowed?
People
Jay Clayton (Speaks, Director of National Intelligence, per the video description) · Lara Trump (Speaks, Host, My View with Lara Trump) · Bill Gates (Mentioned)
What we read
We could read only part of the source.
Found by
The Radar, run of October 19, 2026, via yt-fox-news (tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record)
Cite this
Fox News, “Trump intel chief puts AI companies on NOTICE”, October 18, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/fox-news-2026-10-18-clayton-ai-companies-notice
Our notesYouTube captions are all-caps, unpunctuated in places and garbled (the host is addressed as 'Director JAKE'; some sentences are scrambled), and end mid-sentence at about nine minutes. The speaker is named only in the video description and title, not in the captions. The caption for the Anthropic incident is garbled; check against the audio. The 'myth' passage about models having a mind of their own is too garbled to quote.