Trump Launches Initiative to Accelerate Research Using Artificial Intelligence

President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the "Genesis Mission," a national initiative aimed at harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accelerate research and achieve major scientific breakthroughs.

1. Core Goal and Platform

• Objective: To create a platform capable of using AI to gather scientific data from public research, develop new AI models, automate certain research stages, and test new hypotheses.

• The Central Platform: The core of the initiative is the "American Science and Security Platform."

• Platform Components: This platform will provide researchers access to:

  • High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources.

  • AI modeling tools.

  • Vast federal datasets for training foundational scientific models and automating research.

• Implementation: The Department of Energy was tasked with building an integrated AI platform combining the nation's supercomputers, federal scientific datasets, and research facilities.

2. Priority Fields and Partners

• Importance of AI: The text described AI as a "critical frontier for scientific discovery and economic growth," stressing that "America is competing for global technology dominance in AI development."

• Areas of Discovery: Priority fields that will benefit from the initiative include:

  • Advanced manufacturing.

  • Biotechnology and biomaterials.

  • Nuclear energy and nuclear fusion.

  • Quantum computing and semiconductors (areas where the US faces increasing competition from China).

• Partners: Energy Secretary Chris Wright named chip giants "Nvidia" and "AMD," alongside cloud computing firms "Dell" and "HP," as initial partners in the project.

• Collaboration and Security: The executive order calls for collaborations with private companies, universities, and national labs, while imposing strict cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive research.