President Donald Trump said on September 19, 2026, that his administration would create an AI Force and appoint a new White House AI czar, while supporting continued artificial intelligence development and using existing criminal and civil laws to address harmful conduct. He suggested AI could eventually represent as much as 25% of U.S. GDP, but gave no timeframe or methodology; the figure is a personal projection, not an official forecast from the Bureau of Economic Analysis or another federal statistical agency. The proposed AI Force was compared with the U.S. Space Force, but no organizational structure, budget, staffing plan, timetable or government location has been disclosed. The initiative could coordinate work across research, cybersecurity, government technology, energy, infrastructure, economic policy and national security, although its authority and relationship with existing agencies remain unresolved. Trump also said he would appoint a new AI czar, reviving a White House role previously held by venture capitalist David Sacks, who left the formal government position earlier in 2026 after serving as a special government employee and continued AI policy discussions as an outside adviser. No successor had been publicly identified in the latest reporting reviewed. Economic measurement is complicated because AI is embedded across software, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and professional services. BEA economists wrote in February 2026 that national accounts lacked a line item for AI’s overall impact; their baseline analysis found evidence of higher productivity and lower use of some inputs, though results were less robust under an alternative specification. Stanford University’s 2026 AI Index said corporate AI investment more than doubled in 2025, 88% of surveyed organizations used AI in at least one business function, and 70% used generative AI in at least one function. It estimated U.S. consumer surplus from generative AI at about $172 billion annually by early 2026, up from $112 billion a year earlier. The IMF estimated AI could eventually add roughly 0.1 to 0.8 percentage points to global annual potential growth, while emphasizing uncertainty. Those growth estimates do not validate Trump’s 25% GDP projection. The initiative would supplement, rather than replace, America’s AI Action Plan, and its significance will depend on leadership, funding, legal authority and coordination. A separate promotional section described KuCoin’s planned KuCoin 5.0 launch in October, including unified accounts, access to stocks, indices and commodities, real-world assets (tokenized traditional assets), KCUSD stablecoin yield, an AI assistant, and security claims including a MiCAR-licensed EU entity, verifiable Proof of Reserves, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 certification.