Speaking with Bloomberg on Thursday, the longtime entrepreneur, investor, and podcaster confirmed that his non-consecutive 130-day stint as a special government employee is over and that he's moving on to co-chair the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) alongside senior White House technology adviser Michael Kratsios. 'I think moving forward as co-chair of PCAST, I can now make recommendations on not just AI but an expanded range of technology topics,' he told Bloomberg via a video interview. 'So yes, this is how I'll be involved moving forward.' What that means in practice is Sacks will be much further from the power center in Washington than since the outset of this second Trump administration. As AI czar, Sacks had a direct line to Trump and a hand in shaping policy. PCAST is a federal advisory body, so while it studies issues, produces reports, and sends recommendations up the chain, it doesn't make policy. The council has existed in some form since...
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