Scott Bessent Won't Be AI Czar

President Donald Trump said Scott Bessent will not be appointed as his artificial intelligence czar. He has called the planned post a “Super Intelligence” role. The reports came after outlets said Bessent was under consideration for the job, which Trump said would lead an “AI Force.” Trump has pushed to rename artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” saying the older term sounds fake. He said the technology could become as economically important as a quarter of U.S. GDP. Trump said Bessent does not want the job, and he wants him to remain Treasury secretary. Trump also said Chinese President Xi Jinping liked the new term, though that has not been independently confirmed. The next appointee remains unknown.