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The Information’s TITV: Tech news and analysis. Every weekday at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET. Now streaming → → Oct 05, 2026 The Information AM Supported by Save 25% on an annual subscription to read the most important news about technology and business first. For even more, Save $250 on The Information Pro for unlimited access to our proprietary org charts, databases and surveys. Welcome back! National intelligence director Jay Clayton will lead the Trump administration's new AI task force. Elon Musk says he will change the name of SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI. Amazon pledges to invest $1 billion into communities where it operates data centers. Read more briefings 1. National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton Will Lead AI Task Force By Leo Schwartz Source: Wall Street Journal The Trump administration’s new AI task force plans to produce a report on the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence within 120 days, according to an interview with the newly announced “AI czar” Jay Clayton on Saturday in the Wall Street Journal. Clayton also serves as the director of national intelligence. According to the Wall Street Journal, the task force includes three senior officials from the Trump administration as its vice chairs: Emil Michael, undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering; Scott Kupor, director of the Office of Personnel Management; and Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Other members include the national security advisor in the Bush administration, Condoleezza Rice, as well as Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and former AI czar David Sacks, the Journal reported. The Journal report also said that the task force’s charter states that the body will ensure the U.S. remains at the forefront of “SI” development, referring to super intelligence, which the Trump administration decreed as the new name for AI in an executive order last week. The White House has not released the charter, and a spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. Trump first announced the AI task force in a Truth Social post in September, although at the time he didn’t identify its members. Since then, the White House hosted a number of industry leaders from companies including OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta at a lunch, where they agreed to a voluntary joint agreement to enact certain safety measures such as partnering with third-party auditors to evaluate their models. In a Sunday post on Truth Social, Trump confirmed the composition of the task force. 2. Musk to Change SpaceXAI’s Name to SpaceXSI By Martin Peers Source: The Information Elon Musk will change the name of SpaceX’s AI unit, SpaceXAI, to SpaceXSI, he said in a post on X on Sunday, adopting President Donald Trump’s preferred name for AI. Musk had already signaled his agreement with Presidnet Trump that Super Intelligence, or SI, is better than the commonly used AI term, for artificial intelligence. Also on Sunday, Musk posted “No more AI, SI, Its Better”. President Trump has directed that the U.S. government use the SI term for AI. 3. Amazon Pledges To Give Up NDAs, Give Back $1 Billion To Communities In Data-Center Buildout By Catherine Perloff Source: The Information Amazon Web Services pledged to spend $1 billion over the next five years upgrading heat and water systems in schools, homes and other municipal buildings, among other projects, as part of an effort to win over local communities who fear data centers. AWS also promised to stop requiring local governments to sign nondisclosure agreements covering the company’s data center arrangements. Critics, such as Democratic congressman Jamie Raskin have accused Amazon of using NDAs to hide their involvement with data center projects early in their development. AWS CEO Matt Garman announced the commitments Friday where he defended the company’s data center expansion as part of “a race our nation can’t afford to lose” related to AI. Garman also argued that Amazo