The U.S. Justice Department has created a dedicated organisation to respond to fraud and cybercrime that misuse AI. The move is intended to block AI abuse by foreign government bodies and criminal organisations while protecting the competitiveness of the U.S. AI industry.

On Nov. 10 (local time), Taiwan media outlet IT Home reported that the Justice Department recently announced the launch of the Super Intelligence Task Force (DOJ-SITF). The organisation was established on Oct. 13 on the instructions of Attorney General Todd Blanche (토드 블랜치) and was officially announced on Nov. 5.

The task force is co-led by Stanley E. Woodward Jr. (스탠리 우드워드 주니어), an assistant attorney general-level official at the Justice Department, and Stephen Weiss (스티븐 와이스), a deputy assistant attorney general-level official. Its main targets are foreign governments and state-backed hacking groups, transnational criminal organisations, and individuals and companies that use AI for illegal acts such as fraud.

The organisation will coordinate AI-related criminal and civil cases across Justice Department units and U.S. attorney offices, and prevent overlapping investigations. It also plans to set law enforcement priorities by crime type and develop prosecution standards for AI misuse and guidelines for assessing corporate compliance.

Representatives from key bodies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Division, the Civil Division, the National Security Division and the Antitrust Division will participate. An existing AI task force launched in January was also integrated into the new organisation.

Blanche stressed: "We will continue to identify and prosecute criminals who use AI to attack U.S. taxpayers and critical infrastructure or threaten national security."

Weiss said, "We must strengthen law enforcement and risk-response reporting systems to deter the illegal use of AI technology." He said companies should also have strict internal controls to ensure AI systems operate as intended.

The new organisation will also cooperate with a government-wide Super Intelligence Force led by Walter Joseph Clayton III (제이 클레이턴), the U.S. director of national intelligence.

The Justice Department disclosed the task force's main missions and participating organisations, but did not disclose specific staffing levels, budget or a detailed operating schedule.