Incoming president Donald Trump is considering naming an “AI czar” in the White House, Axios reports.
Should Trump appoint such a policy person, they’d be charged with helping to coordinate federal regulation and governmental use of AI. Importantly, an AI czar wouldn’t require Senate confirmation, Axios notes — allowing them to get to work on the administration’s goals faster.
The AI czar role, which could end up being combined with a “crypto czar” role the White House is also reportedly mulling, would be complementary to the agency chief AI officers established under President Joe Biden’s AI executive order. Trump, of course, could choose to eliminate those officers (and their offices) in favor of a more top-down governance approach.
No names have been put forth for consideration. But Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-leaders of the extra-governmental org known as DOGE, will have significant input into who gets the AI czar role, according to Axios.