Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang are part of Trump’s new ‘tech panel’
TL;DR
Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Larry Ellison (Oracle), Jensen Huang (Nvidia), and Sergey Brin (Google) will be the first four members of Trump's revived PCAST advisory panel.
Key Points
- The council will 'weigh in on AI policy' and launches with 13 members, expandable to 24.
- AI and crypto czar David Sacks and White House tech advisor Michael Kratsios will co-chair the panel.
- PCAST officially advises the president on science, technology, and education matters.
Nauti's Take
A council composed almost entirely of the biggest financial beneficiaries of AI deregulation is being asked to advise on AI policy – that is not a bug, it is the design. Huang and Zuckerberg bring genuine technical credibility, but their companies have billions riding on how Washington handles export controls, antitrust, and data rules.
Framing this as a science advisory panel while excluding academic researchers and civil society voices says a lot about whose definition of 'progress' will shape US AI policy for the next four years.
Context
Having Zuckerberg, Huang, Ellison, and Brin directly advising the White House puts the most powerful AI infrastructure decision-makers inside US policy circles at a critical moment in the US-China AI race. The panel can shape AI regulation, export controls, and research funding in ways that directly benefit the companies these executives run. David Sacks serving as both AI czar and PCAST co-chair creates an unusually concentrated influence channel from Big Tech into federal policy.
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