{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/trump-says-bessent-wont-lead-his-ai-czar-role","json":"https://digestai.news/story/trump-says-bessent-wont-lead-his-ai-czar-role.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/trump-says-bessent-wont-lead-his-ai-czar-role.md","slug":"trump-says-bessent-wont-lead-his-ai-czar-role","headline":"Trump says Bessent won’t lead his AI czar role","summary":"Donald Trump announced on Friday that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will not be appointed as his AI czar, reversing earlier reports from Semafor and Reuters. Bessent told Trump he did not want the role, and the president said he prefers to keep Bessent at Treasury, where he is performing well. Trump had previously announced plans to create an ‘AI Force’ and appoint an AI czar, framing AI as the next industrial revolution, potentially contributing 25% of the country’s GDP by his estimate.\n\nThe decision follows Trump’s September 19 post, where he declared AI would surpass the internet in impact and vowed to maintain US leadership over China. No replacement for the AI czar role has been named yet, and the announcement remains subject to further updates.","keyPoints":["Trump reverses plans to appoint Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as AI czar after Bessent declined","Trump cites Bessent’s strong performance at Treasury as reason to keep him in his current role","AI czar role framed as critical to leading US economic impact, with AI expected to contribute 25% of GDP"],"whyItMatters":"The appointment—or lack thereof—of an AI czar signals Trump’s priorities for AI policy and economic strategy, with potential implications for federal AI coordination and US-China competition.","category":{"slug":"policy","name":"Policy & Regulation","url":"https://digestai.news/category/policy"},"entities":{"companies":[],"models":[],"people":["Donald Trump","Scott Bessent"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-25T17:28:32Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-25T17:28:32Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"CNBC Technology","title":"Trump says Scott Bessent won't be AI czar","url":"https://cnbc.com/2026/09/25/trump-bessent-ai-czar.html","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T17:28:32Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":{"title":"Trump's AI Ambitions From State Dinner to Czar Debate","url":"https://digestai.news/thread/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-fields-trump-call-on-stage-flaunts-unreleased-apple","storyCount":4},"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Trump says Bessent won’t lead his AI czar role\", 25 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/trump-says-bessent-wont-lead-his-ai-czar-role","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Trump says Bessent won’t lead his AI czar role","datePublished":"2026-09-25T17:28:32Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/trump-says-bessent-wont-lead-his-ai-czar-role"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}