The United States Department of Justice announced it has established a fresh task force tasked with safeguarding against malicious applications of artificial intelligence that could endanger American interests.
In alignment with President Donald Trump’s instruction that the federal government refer to AI by the term “super intelligence” or SI, the DOJ is launching the Super Intelligence Task Force to work alongside the activities of the current SI Force directed by Jay Clayton.
Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the initiative by the DOJ will “guarantee that essential SI technologies benefit the citizens of America and escape exploitation by malicious entities both domestically and internationally.”
“The Department of Justice will persist in pinpointing and taking legal action against persons whose utilization of SI breaks regulations, such as through hostile actions directed at American taxpayers, vital U.S. infrastructure, or additional components of our national security,” Blanche remarked within an official release.
Government officials stated they will defend against “state-backed actors, cross-border criminal syndicates, and single or corporate participants involved in fraudulent activities or alternative illegal actions,” while additionally confirming that corporations employing AI tech keep up “robust internal safeguards” to guarantee it “functions as designed.”
The Trump administration has lately intensified its attention toward artificial intelligence matters concurrently with a apparent slowdown in its active efforts regarding cryptocurrency policy. The division that previously assisted in guiding crypto legislation through Congress remains empty, and the AI czar position currently occupied by Clayton previously encompassed a cryptocurrency mandate that is now missing.
Originally published at https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/11/05/u-s-justice-department-assembles-force-to-shield-against-foreign-ai-threats.
