November 28, 2024

Axios: Scoop: Trump eyes AI czar

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The article discusses the possibility of President-elect Trump appointing an AI czar in the White House to coordinate federal policy and governmental use of emerging AI technology.
Elon Musk, who owns a leading AI company called xAI, is expected to be intimately involved in shaping the future of the AI debate and use cases, though he is not expected to be the AI czar himself.
The role is likely but not certain, and Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are leading Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), will have significant input into who gets the role.
The article also mentions that Trump’s transition team has vetted cryptocurrency executives for a potential role as the first-ever White House crypto czar, and the AI and crypto roles could be combined under a single emerging-tech czar.
The AI czar will be tasked with focusing both public and private resources to keep America in the AI forefront.
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