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Trump's science advisers: how they could influence his second presidency
The president-elect quickly nominated confidantes with a focus on AI, but their recommendations for the rest of science remain unclear.
David Sacks, a tech investor, will be the new administration’s ‘AI and crypto czar’, as well as the chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a body of research and industry specialists external to the White House. Trump’s first science adviser, meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier, wasn’t named until nearly two years into that presidency and didn’t receive the same designation, limiting his influence over policy, specialists say. Similarly, PCAST, which has generally been composed of representatives from across academia and industry, produces reports that guide US science policy on a wealth of topics, from modernizing firefighting to the impact of nanotechnology.
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