Trump Names National Intelligence Director as New ‘Super Intelligence’ Czar
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Putting the national intelligence director over AI policy ties frontier model governance directly to national security priorities. For operators, expect more scrutiny on data flows, foreign partnerships, and model access as intelligence framing starts to dominate the AI conversation.
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