Chen CCST AI Science Advisor announcement (web)
Citation
California Council on Science and Technology (CCST). “CCST Places a New AI Science Advisor at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.” News page, 2026. https://ccst.us/?p=14355. Read 2026-10-29.
Bottom line
- Michael Chen is the inaugural AI Science Advisor at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), through the CCST AI Science Residency Program.
- The page announces a second advisor at Cal OES, Lawrence Chan.
Key claims
- Commander Matthew Sage of the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC) says the program “allows Cal OES to meaningfully strengthen their capacity to respond to the rapidly evolving frontier AI risk landscape.”
- CCST works with Cal OES and “their inaugural AI Science Advisor, Michael Chen”.
Evidence and method
CCST’s own news page.
Limits
It is mostly about Lawrence Chan. It gives no detail on Michael Chen’s background.