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US Justice Department launches Super Intelligence Task Force to prosecute AI misuse

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The US Justice Department created a Super Intelligence Task Force on 5 November 2026 to coordinate criminal and civil cases against misuse of AI.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche set up the Justice Department's Super Intelligence Task Force (DOJ-SITF) on 5 November 2026. It coordinates criminal and civil enforcement against foreign state actors, transnational criminal groups and individual or corporate fraudsters who misuse advanced AI, absorbs the department's AI Litigation Task Force from January 2026, and acts as the law enforcement counterpart to the White House Super Intelligence Force. Staffing, budget and timelines were not stated.