Trump selects transition co-chair Lutnick to head Commerce Dept.

President-elect Trump has picked his transition co-chair Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department, which includes several agencies at the front lines of crafting artificial intelligence policy and guidance, according to Nov. 19 reports.

Commerce and its agencies have been at the tip of federal efforts to implement President Biden’s executive order on AI, which Trump has pledged to revoke. The new Commerce secretary is likely to have a significant voice in whether the EO is repealed in whole or...