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NEW DIRECTIVE BY SUPER INTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE

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COMMERCE AI TESTING EXECS MOVING TO THE WHITE HOUSE

National Intelligence Director and New White House AI Czar, Jay Clayton, interviewed on CNBC about the newly formed Super Intelligence Task Force (Watch HERE)

THE WHITEBOARD:



• The NAIA 2027 Policy Agenda Survey - Please Send us Your Feedback
• National Intelligence Director Named to Head Super Intelligence Force
• Commerce Changes AI Office's Name to Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI) and Sends 3 Execs to The White House
• List of Super Intelligence Force (SIF) Leadership and Members
• SIF Issues Statement on Mandatory Reporting of ALL AI Incidents by Frontier Labs
• President Trump Awards National Medals to Six Tech Executives
• Top Senate Commerce Democrat Issues AI Framework Legislation
• NAIA Bi-Weekly AI Policy Call THIS FRIDAY
• NAIA Gold Member, GE Aerospace, Using AI for Aerospace Design
• Numerous Speaking Events and Articles by NAIA's Team and Members
• Become a NAIA Member Today! America's Fastest Growing AI Association
• NAIA's "AI On Capitol Hill" video series
• Sign up and follow NAIA's social media for daily AI news

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NAIA 2027 POLICY AGENDA SURVEY

LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS

As Election Day approaches, the National Artificial Intelligence Association (NAIA) is preparing for the 120th Session of the United States Congress. The next Congress will officially convene on January 3, 2027.

Yesterday we reached out to NAIA members for their input for guiding the issues and initiatives we prioritize before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, and state governments next year. Today we would like to reach out to you, our bi-weekly newsletter readers for your feedback.

Please follow the link below to take this brief survey. It should not require more than five or ten minutes of your time to complete. 

We will use your answers and comments to help define our policy priorities and also for structuring our program and panels for NAIA's Second Annual AI Policy Summit on Capitol Hill coming next February (more details on the Summit soon!)

Thank you for participating in this important survey and should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our new Vice President for Government Affairs, Mr. Jason Reiderer at Jason@theNAIA.org

NEWS: ADMINISTRATION

Announced today that three executives from the newly named Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI) will move to The White House and report to Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios.

SUPER INTELLIGENCE FORCE CREATED, NAMES CZAR AND ADVISORS AND ISSUES A DIRECTIVE ON REPORTING ALL AI INCIDENTS

We have seen several moves related to artificial intelligence by President Trump and his Administration since issuing his Executive Order 14434: Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence.

On Sunday, October 4th, the President announced the Super Intelligence Force with a 120-day mandate to evaluate AI risks, protect critical infrastructure, and secure American dominance in the sector. He appointed the National Director of Intelligence, Jay Clayton, as Chair of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF) and the following individuals to the task force.

• Emil Michael, (Vice Chair) the Pentagon's CTO and Dept. of War Under Secretary for Research and Engineering.
• Andrew Ferguson (Vice Chair) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman
• Scott Kupor (Vice Chair) Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director
• Vice President J.D, Vance
• White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
• Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State under President George W. Bush
• David Sacks, Former White House AI Czar under President Trump

Axios reported that on Friday the SIF issued a statement that all artificial intelligence incidents must be reported after information on an Anthropic breach of the State Department in May was released. Previously this was voluntary reporting and now has become mandatory:

• "SI companies must immediately disclose incidents involving their models and follow with swift, decisive action to remedy any and all harm," the SI Force statement said. 
• "We also expect these companies to work with the affected systems to ensure that similar incidents do not occur."

Read the complete task force statement and Axios article HERE.

This morning in Politico, Scott Kupor, OPM Director and SIF Vice Chair, clarified that the task force "will work closely with the Justice Department and other law enforcement agencies to help hold artificial intelligence companies to safety expectations."

"The task force’s responsibilities will focus less on assessing frontier AI capabilities and more on establishing standards for developers based on existing criminal and civil laws, Kupor said."

"Kupor described law enforcement coordination as one part of the task force’s broader safety agenda. It will work to audit pledges made through the recent AI accords; conduct a full risk assessment of the technology; and ensure the government has the resources to respond if something goes wrong with a model."

Read the complete Politico article HERE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HONORS SIX TECH EXECUTIVES

WITH NATIONAL MEDALS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

Recipients of the National Medal of Science:

• Elon Musk – “For engineering achievements of extraordinary ambition and scale that have pushed the frontiers of space exploration, intelligent systems, communications, and beyond, renewing American technological leadership and opening a new chapter in American manufacturing.”
• Sergey Brin – “For the development of foundational algorithms for information retrieval and data processing that revolutionized how the world accesses information across science, commerce, and in the course of everyday life.” 
• Jensen Huang – “For advancing the graphics processing unit into a general-purpose computing architecture through innovations in processor design and software, transforming massively parallel computation and powering breakthroughs in scientific computing and super intelligence.”
• Lisa Su – “For a lifetime of leadership in semiconductor engineering and high-performance computing through innovations in processor architecture and chiplet-based integration that powered the world’s first exascale supercomputer and opened new frontiers in computational performance.”

Recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation:

• Michael Dell – “For advancing a vision of widespread adoption of personal and enterprise computing; for his technical and business management skills building a worldwide technology company; and for his support for the next generation of American scientists, engineers, and technologists.”
• Satya Nadella – “For his transformative leadership of a critical American technology company, which led to its rejuvenation for a new era of cloud computing, and for his construction of the hyperscale infrastructure that enabled the training and global deployment of American super intelligence.”

The White House announcement is HERE.

NEWS: CONGRESS (Out of Session)

TOP SENATE COMMERCE DEMOCRAT

SENATOR MARIA CANTWELL RELEASES AI FRAMEWORK

As POLITICO reported last Wednesday, "Sen. Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the Commerce Committee with vast jurisdiction over artificial intelligence policy, outlined six AI safety principles Wednesday morning — tenets she believes should underpin any legislation to stave off the greatest threats posed by the rapidly-evolving technology."

In a press release from her office as Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Senator Cantwell stated “To manage risks from advanced AI systems we need clear safety standards, continuous testing, and reporting of serious failures. America can lead the world in AI by building systems that are not only more capable, but safer and more secure.”

Sen. Cantwell’s framework is built around six principles, many of which she has promoted for years as Ranking Member and former Chair of the Commerce Committee:

• Clear, Enforceable Federal Safety Standards for Frontier AI Development and Deployment
• Continuous Testing, Reviewing and Auditing to Verify Standards are Met
• Transparency and Accountability Through Disclosure, Oversight and Consequences
• Public Private Partnerships to Benefit the Public Good
• Protections for Children, Support for Workers and Human Oversight of Consequential AI
• U.S. Led Global Cooperation in Adopting and Upholding Common AI Safety and Security Standards

Read the Senator's press release HERE and Politico's complete article HERE.

NAIA BI-WEEKLY AI POLICY CALL

THIS FRIDAY (OCTOBER 16th) AT 9:00 AM EST

Join us for the NAIA discussion on what federal and state policies are on the radar.

Topic: NAIA Biweekly Member Policy Call

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V. Open discussion and coordination

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NEWS: AI REGULATIONS

"ADDING AI TO AIRCRAFT DESIGN"

NAIA GOLD MEMBER GE AEROSPACE FEATURED

Charlotte Ryan of Aerospace America writes about and interviews NAIA Corporate Member, GE Aerospace, on optimizing the industry's design and test process but there are still plenty of regulatory hurdles.

"Inside GE Aerospace’s research center in Niskayuna, New York, a computer terminal started a simulation. The result, produced within seconds, was a preliminary design for a hypersonic ramjet engine.

Such concepts have traditionally been the result of months of design work by a team of engineers. This time, however, the lead developer fed the desired flight conditions and criteria, including thermal performance and the engine’s structure, into a generative AI dashboard, which returned a design almost immediately. 

The demonstration, announced by GE in May and recounted to me by Joe Vinciquerra, general manager and senior executive director of GE Aerospace Research, illustrates the kind of computational speeds the company says could significantly accelerate the development of next-generation commercial aircraft engines, including RISE. The company is developing this open-fan concept with French partner Safran Aircraft Engines through their joint venture, CFM International." 

Read the complete article HERE.

NAIA NEWS: SPEAKING EVENTS, ARTICLES, AND DETAILS ON MEMBERSHIP

Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 14)! NAIA Senior Advisors Eileen Vidrine and Rae Oliver-Davis will be featured speakers at "Merit to Mission - AI-Powered Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning" in Reston, Virginia. The event is hosted by two NAIA Corporate Members, Neuroscale AI and Carahsoft.

Other NAIA Senior Advisors and Staff will be attending the event. If you would like to register to attend, scan the QR code above or follow the link HERE.

NAIA Senior Advisor and CTO, Sid Ghatak, former Director of the Data and Analytics Center of Excellence at the General Services Administration and now Founder and CEO of NAIA Corporate Member Increase Alpha, recently co-authored an important paper titled "Whose Risk Appetite? Mapping the Hidden Biases Behind AI Financial Decisions"

"As artificial intelligence moves deeper into financial research, portfolio construction and investment decision-making, an important question is emerging: when an AI system recommends taking risk, whose risk tolerance is it actually expressing?"

Sid will be speaking on the topic at the upcoming 2026 Future of Portfolio Management & Artificial Intelligence Conference at Columbia University in New York on November 5th. Registration information is HERE.

NAIA CEO TO SPEAK AT FAIRFAX COUNTY GEOSPATIAL EVENT

THIS THURSDAY

NAIA's President and CEO Caleb Max will be participating at the Geospatial Technology Innovation Forum being sponsored by Fairfax County (Virginia) on Thursday, October 15th. It is a one-of-a-kind forum for digital technology startups to connect with key decision-makers across national-level intelligence, defense and space sectors; as well as potential investors. Learn more HERE.

Two of our NAIA Senior Advisors, Ryan McKenney of Quantinuum Inc. and Allison Schwartz of D-Wave Quantum Inc. will be presenting on stage Thursday, October 22nd in West Palm Beach, Florida for the Quantum Beach 2026 Conference.

Quantum Beach is Florida’s flagship quantum gathering — a single day where researchers, founders, students, and the people backing them come together to move the technology out of the lab and into the real world. More information HERE.

On November 10-12, NAIA's General Counsel, Steve Britt, will be speaking at the Annual Conference of SIGMA: the trade association for America's fuel marketing industry. Held in Hollywood, Florida. Steve with present a practical look at the rapidly evolving legal landscape surrounding generative AI, data privacy, and cybersecurity. His discussion will address emerging state and federal AI regulations, key compliance considerations, data governance, and the legal risks associated with AI tools. The session will also explore cybersecurity threats, data protection, and best practices for protecting company information and reducing legal and operational exposure.

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