Trump's AI Czar Plan Signals Federal Tech Control

Former President Donald Trump’s plan to appoint an “AI Czar” and create a new task force signals a significant shift in GOP tech policy, moving from laissez-faire rhetoric toward centralized federal oversight. This proposal, announced on Saturday, reframes the AI safety and control debate as a matter of national sovereignty and political power, directly challenging the current paradigm of Big Tech self-regulation. Coming just weeks after high-profile AI safety failures at Google and Meta, Trump