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Trump Signs Order Launching ‘Genesis Mission’ to Unite AI With Federal Science

The directive assigns the Energy Department to build a secure platform that links national‑lab supercomputers with federal datasets for AI‑driven research.

Overview

  • DOE and the White House science office will create an integrated American Science and Security Platform to centralize computing, models and access to government scientific data.
  • Officials describe the effort as the biggest federal science mobilization since Apollo, with OSTP director Michael Kratsios coordinating and Energy Secretary Chris Wright executing.
  • Priority domains include biotechnology, critical materials, nuclear fission and fusion, space exploration, quantum information science, and semiconductors and microelectronics.
  • The order sets early milestones, including a 90‑day inventory of compute, data and industry partners, and a 270‑day push to apply AI to defined national challenges.
  • The administration is courting partners such as Nvidia, Dell, AMD and HPE, while pausing a separate bid to preempt state AI laws as it promises data safeguards and targets lower energy costs and a more efficient grid.