David Sacks is done as AI czar — here’s what he’s doing instead
Sacks will be much further from power center in Washington than since the outset of this second Trump administration.
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David Sacks has left his role as AI czar and is shifting to a position that puts him farther from Washington’s power center than at any time since the early second Trump administration.
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