India, Oct. 16 -- US President Donald Trump has announced a new 'Super Intelligence Force' to coordinate the government's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, appointing National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton to lead the initiative as Washington seeks to maintain its global technological edge.

The announcement follows Trump's meeting with leading AI executives in late September and comes amid growing debate over how to address the risks of advanced AI without slowing innovation. Trump has described AI as a transformation potentially bigger than the Industrial Revolution and the internet.

The initiative follows an executive order issued on September 29 that adopted the term "super intelligence" for artificial intelligence.

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