Inside AI Policy

February 8, 2025

Confirmation of Wright for Energy secretary draws tech-sector praise

February 4, 2025

The Senate on Feb. 3 confirmed Chris Wright to be Energy secretary on a 59-38 vote, handing a major artificial intelligence policy portfolio to the widely experienced energy executive and drawing praise from the technology sector.

The Energy Department manages labs on the front lines of AI research and is playing a central role in addressing regulatory and other issues associated with data centers essential to the development of artificial intelligence.

The Information Technology Industry Council’s executive vice president of...


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