Overview
- The executive order establishes a federal program to use national‑lab supercomputers and government scientific datasets to train foundation models and deploy AI agents for research.
- Michael Kratsios will lead the mission overall, while Energy Secretary Chris Wright must create the American Science and Security Platform with 90‑day and 270‑day implementation milestones.
- The White House highlighted industry partnerships, citing Nvidia, Dell, AMD and HPE, alongside recent DOE supercomputer moves at Oak Ridge and expanded Nvidia deployments.
- Priority areas span energy, biotechnology, critical materials, nuclear fission and fusion, space, quantum information science, and semiconductors, with officials invoking Apollo and Manhattan Project comparisons.
- Officials argue AI can improve grid efficiency and help lower electricity costs, as reporting flags rising data‑center power demand, data and IP safeguards, AI reliability risks, and a paused push to preempt state AI laws.