President Donald Trump's intelligence chief is putting AI companies on notice — warning they must take responsibility when their technology hacks websites as Washington moves to establish new safeguards against the rapidly advancing technology."Well, let me be clear.Hacking of a government website, hacking of a private sector website — if your product does that, you are responsible," Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, who was recently charged with heading the newly announced Super Intelligence Force (SIF) said Saturday on "My View with Lara Trump."Jay Clayton, then-U.S.
attorney for the Southern District of New York and nominee for director of national intelligence, testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee during his confirmation hearing on July 15, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)The SIF will also be led by FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Department of War Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael and OPM Director Scott Kupor, who will report to Trump and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.Addressing recent reports that Anthropic models submitted a visa application to the State Department and even a false homicide tip to the police, Clayton said that the government had already intervened."We immediately told Anthropic, 'You need to get in there and assist the entities that have had this happen to them, patch their systems and prevent this from happening again.' And I fully expect them to do that," he said. AG BLANCHE REJECTS CALLS FOR NEW AI LAWS AFTER ROGUE AGENTS TARGET US GOVERNMENT WEBSITESDario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic, looks toward Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, and President Donald Trump during a press briefing with AI executives outside the West Wing of the White House on Sept.
29, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Getty Images)He rejected the notion that these increasingly autonomous AI systems operate within a "life of their own" that absolves companies from responsibility."I think there...