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American attorney (born 1966)
Walter Joseph "Jay" Clayton III is an American attorney who has served as the 9th director of national intelligence since August 2026. Clayton has additionally served as the White House AI czar since October 2026. He served as the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2025 to 2026 and as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2017 to 2020.
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Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence.
President Donald Trump names DNI Jay Clayton White House AI czar to lead a new Super Intelligence Force coordinating federal AI efforts.
President Trump named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as the White House’s new AI czar. Clayton will lead a new “Super Intelligence Force” that Trump says will coordinate the government’s work on artificial intelligence. This comes as David Robinson, a senior OpenAI safety staffer, has resigned and says…