The Justice Department launches a “Super Intelligence” task force to stop foreign states, criminal groups and fraudsters misusing the technology

The US Justice Department announced its Super Intelligence (SI) Task Force, which it calls DOJ-SITF, on 5 November. Its release says the unit is meant to stop US leadership in SI being undermined by misuse from foreign state and state-sponsored actors, transnational criminal organisations, and people or companies committing fraud or other unlawful acts.

The release says the Department will use its law-enforcement tools to deter improper use of SI, improve reporting on SI risks and responses, and ensure companies keep vigorous internal controls so that SI technology behaves as intended. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward and Associate Deputy Attorney General Stephen Weiss lead it. Attorney General Todd Blanche says it will work with SI Force chair Jay Clayton.

“Our comprehensive effort will promote innovation and prevent the misuse of Super Intelligence,” Woodward says in the release.

The Justice Department joins other parts of the administration in using “Super Intelligence” for AI. On 5 November the Switchboard reported that the bank regulator OCC uses it in its new guidance for examiners, and on 16 October that the White House SI Force had adopted its charter. The new task force is a separate unit inside the Justice Department. Some coverage says it absorbs an earlier AI litigation task force and that prosecutors must notify it before bringing AI cases; the release says neither, so those points are not given here.

• Confirmed The Justice Department announced DOJ-SITF on 5 November 2026, led by Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward and Associate Deputy Attorney General Stephen Weiss. US Department of Justice
• Confirmed Its aim is to deter misuse of SI by foreign state actors, transnational criminal organisations and fraudsters, and it will work with SI Force chair Jay Clayton. US Department of Justice
• Claimed Woodward says the effort will promote innovation and prevent misuse of Super Intelligence. US Department of Justice