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White House sets up a super intelligence task force and orders a report on the risks

The group met for the first time this week and will run for 120 days, according to reports.

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The White House has set up a new group to look at super intelligence (SI), and it met for the first time this week, according to reports. Reuters called it the "Super Intelligence Task Force", while Bloomberg said its official name is the "Super Intelligence Force". Both said their reports were based on White House accounts. The group has been set up for 120 days, Politico reported, citing its charter. Reuters reported that a panel of top science advisers has been asked to write a report on the risks of SI. The report is meant to cover online security, power and water systems, biosecurity, which is about protecting people from dangerous germs and diseases, and how SI systems can be kept under control. The report has been ordered but not yet written. It is not known when it will be finished. Decisions in the United States about SI can shape the rules elsewhere, including in Australia.