Incoming president Donald Trump is contemplating naming an “AI czar” within the White Home, Axios reports.
Ought to Trump appoint such a coverage particular person, they’d be charged with serving to to coordinate federal regulation and governmental use of AI. Importantly, an AI czar wouldn’t require Senate affirmation, Axios notes — permitting them to get to work on the administration’s objectives sooner.
The AI czar function, which might find yourself being mixed with a “crypto czar” function the White Home can also be reportedly mulling, could be complementary to the company chief AI officers established below President Joe Biden’s AI govt order. Trump, in fact, might select to get rid of these officers (and their workplaces) in favor of a extra top-down governance strategy.
No names have been put forth for consideration. However Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-leaders of the extra-governmental org referred to as DOGE, could have important enter into who will get the AI czar function, in accordance with Axios.
