Overview
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the Genesis Mission, a federal effort to use national‑lab supercomputers and government datasets to accelerate AI‑powered research.
- The order establishes the American Science and Security Platform under Energy Secretary Chris Wright, with OSTP director Michael Kratsios coordinating cross‑agency work.
- Implementation deadlines include proposing around 20 priority challenges in 60 days, identifying available systems and data within 90 days, additional data and facility mapping by 120 and 240 days, and demonstrating initial operating capability within 270 days.
- The administration is courting industry partners—named firms include Nvidia, Dell, AMD, and HPE—to expand computing capacity alongside DOE’s national laboratories.
- The White House frames the initiative as vital for U.S. competitiveness and lower energy costs, while a separate push to preempt state AI laws has met Republican resistance and is on hold, with critics also citing funding cuts, data‑security needs, and data‑center power demand.