Overview
- The White House named 13 inaugural members to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on Wednesday, including Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, Lisa Su, Michael Dell and Marc Andreessen.
- The council, a purely advisory body, will be co-chaired by AI and crypto adviser David Sacks and Office of Science and Technology Policy director Michael Kratsios, with a mandate to assess how emerging technologies affect jobs and U.S. competitiveness.
- The announcement follows last week’s national AI policy framework, which urged Congress to let existing federal agencies set AI standards rather than creating a new regulator.
- Notable omissions from the first slate include Elon Musk, Sam Altman and any executives from Microsoft, Apple or Amazon, which several outlets said was striking.
- Reaction focused on the council’s heavy corporate tilt and past ties to Trump, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren arguing the lineup favors big donors over independent science.