Apple, Walmart, IBM CEOs join WHouse advisory panel

The chief executives of Apple Inc, Walmart Inc, IBM Corp and other major companies are joining a Trump administration advisory board that hopes to prepare US workers to deal with job training issues and the worforce shift brought by artificial intelligence and automation, the US Commerce Department said yesterday.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in July creating the 25-member board, co-chaired by adviser Ivanka Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, to address workforce issues including “automation, and artificial intelligence that is shaping many industries.”

Other chief executives joining the board are those of Lockheed Martin Corp, Siemens USA, Home Depot Inc and Visa Inc. The board members will serve until 2020 and will work with the administration’s National Council for the American Worker “to develop and implement a strategy to revamp the American workforce to better meet the challenges of the 21st century.”