PYMNTS.com November 26, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump could reportedly add an artificial intelligence czar to his new administration.
The person would help oversee federal policy and government use of AI, Axios reported Tuesday (Nov. 26), citing unnamed sources on the Trump transition team.
The role, which is likely but not definite, per the report, will not go to Elon Musk, although the billionaire and Trump supporter is expected to play a role in White House AI policy.
Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are heading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is Trump’s new outside-government group, will have input into who gets the job, the report said.
Rivals are concerned that Musk will use his ties to the White House to favor his companies,...