{"id":2836,"date":"2026-05-07T00:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/how-david-sacks-crashed-and-burned-in-the-white-house\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T00:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:18:00","slug":"how-david-sacks-crashed-and-burned-in-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/how-david-sacks-crashed-and-burned-in-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"AI and Crypto Czar David O. Sacks speaks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education at the White House. | Matt McClain\/The Washington Post via Getty Images\" data-portal-copyright=\"Matt McClain\/The Washington Post via Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-2268643920.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tAI and Crypto Czar David O. Sacks speaks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education at the White House. | Matt McClain\/The Washington Post via Getty Images\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Hello and welcome to <\/em>Regulator<em>, a newsletter exclusively for <\/em>Verge <em>subscribers about tech, politics, and Washington intrigue. (It&rsquo;s basically <\/em>House of Cards, <em>but for nerds.) Not a subscriber yet? You really should become one, and to save you a Google search, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>here is the direct link to do so<\/em><\/a><em>! And do you think I should know something? Send it to <\/em><a href=\"mailto:tina.nguyen+tips@theverge.com\"><em>tina.nguyen+tips@theverge.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">On Monday, <em>The<\/em> <em>New York Times <\/em>reported that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/04\/technology\/trump-ai-models.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House was considering having the government review AI models before release<\/a>. To the casual <em>Verge <\/em>reader, it appeared to be a total reversal in <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>&lsquo;s policies. For the past year, he had been a vocal champion o \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/column\/925487\/david-sacks-trump-administration-ai-model-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI and Crypto Czar David O. 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