A White House task force began a 120-day review of AI risks, covering cybersecurity, biosecurity and model accountability.
The White House’s Super Intelligence task force formally adopted its charter after its first official meeting on October 15, beginning a 120-day effort to advise the government on risks tied to rapid AI development. The group will commission a report from the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology examining cybersecurity and critical-infrastructure protection, biosecurity and dual-use applications, and model control and accountability.
The task force also agreed to establish a working group to implement the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, which major AI company executives signed earlier this month. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, the task force’s chair, and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross are leading that effort, according to Semafor’s report.
Other planned work focuses on how government and industry would handle security incidents and public risks. Defense Undersecretary Emil Michael is to develop protocols for AI labs to notify the government about breaches, hacks and other cyber issues. A separate law-enforcement and consumer-protection coordination committee will include the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission. The task force also assigned work on critical-infrastructure protection and on studying AI’s effects on the workforce and economy.
The task force includes senior administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The White House said the group would engage with frontier model developers, consumer-protection groups, civil-liberties advocates, industry stakeholders and federal and state law-enforcement agencies.
A key unresolved question is how the proposed protocols would be enforced. Semafor reported that it was not clear what compliance obligations would apply to companies that do not follow them, or how existing laws might govern the process. A White House official cited export controls as one possible lever. That uncertainty matters for AI companies preparing to share incident information or coordinate with federal agencies: the task force has set a process and a deadline, but the eventual rules and their legal force remain to be determined.
The review could shape federal priorities across AI security, oversight and economic policy. Its 120-day schedule creates a near-term window for industry and civil-society groups to weigh in before recommendations take form.