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Trump names CEOs of Meta, Nvidia to 13-member science and tech council

South China Morning Post · · 223 words · By Reuters

US President Donald Trump appointed technology executives to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), emphasizing AI policy as a strategic priority. The council will advise on AI regulation and innovation, with potential expansion to 24 members. The White House highlighted closer ties between the administration and tech companies.

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“Trump names CEOs of Meta, Nvidia to 13-member science and tech council”
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Multiple web search results report that Donald Trump appointed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that will weigh in on AI policy and other issues. This is reported across multiple search snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Big Tech, also known as the tech giants or tech titans, are the largest and most influential technology companies in the world. It most commonly denotes the five dominant firms in the U.S. technology …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta Platforms, Inc. (doing business as Meta) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms a…
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“The council, which also includes Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Google co-founder Sergey Brin, will weigh in on AI policy and other issues”
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The web search results consistently mention that the council will weigh in on 'AI policy and other issues,' and the evidence for claim 3 confirms the inclusion of Larry Ellison and Sergey Brin in the context of the council's formation, corroborating the scope mentioned in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman. He co-founded the software company Oracle Corporation, and was its CEO from 1977 to 2014. He now serves as its CTO and execut…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oracle Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in Santa Clara, California in 1977 by Bob Miner, Ed Oates, and current chairman of the boa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporation
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“US President Donald Trump appointed Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that will weigh in on AI policy and other issues”
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Multiple web search results independently confirm that Donald Trump appointed Mark Zuckerberg (Meta CEO), Larry Ellison (Oracle Executive Chairman), and Jensen Huang (Nvidia CEO) to a council to weigh in on AI policy and other issues.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta Platforms, Inc. (doing business as Meta) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California. Originally focused on data annotation, the company also offers RLHF servic…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during th…
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“Google co-founder Sergey Brin and AMD CEO Lisa Su are also part of the initial batch of 13 members from the industry named to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)”
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Two separate web search results explicitly name both Sergey Brin and Lisa Su as being part of the initial batch of 13 members appointed to the PCAST, confirming the core elements of the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council, chartered (or re-chartered) in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States…
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“Trump has made securing US leadership in artificial intelligence a central priority of his second term, framing the technology as a defining arena of strategic competition with China”
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Two separate web search results state that Trump has made securing US leadership in artificial intelligence a central priority of his second term, framing it as a strategic competition with China.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump has made securing US leadership in artificial intelligence a central priority of his second term, framing the technology as a defining arena of strategic competition with China.
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web search NEUTRAL — The appointments come as Trump has made securing US leadership in artificial intelligence a central priority of his second term.The PCAST council is expected to play a pivotal role in shaping Washingt…
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“Within days of taking office in January last year, he directed federal agencies to prepare an AI Action Plan aimed at reducing regulatory barriers and accelerating private-sector innovation”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the Trump administration directed high-level officials to develop an AI Action Plan in early 2025, referencing an executive order from January.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan" is a policy blueprint published by the White House on July 23, 2025, setting out more than 90 federal policy actions intended to secure United States domin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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“The council, which is expected to play a key role in shaping Washington’s response to intensifying global competition in AI, could ultimately include up to 24 members, the White House said”
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Only the web search results mention the council's potential role in shaping responses to global AI competition and the potential size of up to 24 members. No other independent sources corroborate the specific 'up to 24 members' figure.
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web search NEUTRAL — But minds in Washington are focused on another question, too: how will all this affect the US's race with China for global primacy?"By around 2035, the number of people [in China] aged 60 or above is …
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web search NEUTRAL — The BRICS leaders’ joint declaration explicitly referred to AI for the first time in 2017, depicting it as an ICT policy area in which BRICS should enhance collaboration. The BRICS have collectively s…
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web search NEUTRAL — What role do Indian startups and policies play in the AI race? Beyond global tech giants, India's government has positioned itself as a key player in the AI landscape through ambitious policies and in…
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“The latest appointments signal closer alignment between the administration and major technology companies. Additional members will be appointed to the council in the near future, the White House said”
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The web search results mention that additional appointments are forthcoming, but this specific detail is only present in the search results and is not corroborated by a second independent source or authoritative reference.
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web search NEUTRAL — Why is the council appointing unelected members to a committee? Te Kuaka is the council’s committee for Māori strategic relationships. The members appointed to the committee represent local hapū and i…
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