WASHINGTON (TNND) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was tapped by President Donald Trump to be on a White House science and know-how panel.
The panel is made up of 13 people and can play a serious half in influencing the Trump administration’s insurance policies concerning synthetic intelligence, according to the Politico news outlet.
Other outstanding figures on the panel embrace Oracle govt chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Zuckerberg mentioned in an announcement that he’s “honored to join the President’s council and work with other industry leaders to help make this happen.”
This announcement comes the identical day as Meta and YouTube have been discovered liable by a jury in a lawsuit aimed to maintain social media platforms accountable for harming children.
The jury mentioned every firm’s negligence was a “substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiff.”
The plaintiff mentioned her use of social media induced her to be addicted to know-how and elevated her psychological well being points.
It was additionally reported Wednesday that Meta has laid off a whole bunch of workers due to firm reorganization.
Many staff have been notified on Wednesday concerning the layoffs, however there’ll seemingly be extra, according to NBC News. Prior to the layoffs, Zuckerberg hinted that there can be extra of a reliance on synthetic intelligence.