Trump Appoints some Big-Name CEOs to His AI-Focused Tech Council

Trump appoints some big-name CEOs to his AI-focused tech council

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has appointed Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that will weigh in on artificial intelligence policy and other issues, the White House announced…

Trump’s New Science Advisory Council Includes At Least 9 Billionaires And Only 1 Academic

The announcement was met with skepticism and dismay by scientists.

Trump’s new science panel is stuffed with high-tech billionaires

(Science) – The PCAST roster contains few academics and women U.S. President Donald Trump today unveiled a set of scientific advisers heavily skewed toward artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, topics his administration has emphasized. The roster, unlike previous iterations of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), features some of the world’s wealthiest people and several of Trump’s biggest politica…

A science council without scientists: what Trump’s PCAST means for researchers

President Donald Trump appointed the first members to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) last week. PCAST was established by an executive order in January to advise the president on “matters involving science, technology, education and technical information.”  The council members are: Marc Andreessen, Sergey Brin, Safra Catz, Michael Dell, Jacob… The post A science council without scientists: what Trump’s PCAST…

Trump’s new science panel: 9 tech billionaires plus 1 scientist!

Most scientists are not Trump-fans [to put it mildly]; this is a trend that is likely not to be reversed by Trumps recent appointment of the first 13 members to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Historically, it has served as a bridge between the White House and the broader scientific […] The post Trump’s new science panel: 9 tech billionaires plus 1 scientist! first appeared on Edzard Ernst.

U.S. appoints Silicon Valley executives to serve on tech panel

President Donald Trump recently appointed several Silicon Valley executives to serve on his science and technology panel, including Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle executive chair Larry Ellison. The executives are part of a 13-person panel appointed by Trump to serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) which will weigh in on AI policies and other technology issues “PCAS…