US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is the top candidate for a newly created artificial intelligence coordination role in the Trump administration. The position, designated as AI Czar, would put a senior economic policymaker in charge of White House artificial intelligence strategy, Semafor reports.

Donald Trump has recently questioned the terminology of the field, describing "artificial intelligence" as "inaccurate" and "ineloquent." He conducted social media polls to consider replacing the term with either "Superior Intelligence" or "Extreme Intelligence" after removing "Supreme Intelligence" to narrow the vote to a final two options.