The Department of Energy has disclosed an investment exceeding $320 million intended for accelerating the development of Genesis Mission’s artificial intelligence capabilities.
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What Is the Genesis Mission & Its Key Initiatives?
The Genesis Mission is a DOE-led initiative focused on leveraging AI to advance U.S. energy dominance, strengthen national security and fast-track scientific discovery. The funding will support four key initiatives of the program, including the American Science Cloud, which will host and distribute AI models and scientific data for the research community, and the Transformational AI Models Consortium, which will create self-improving AI models for science, engineering and energy missions.
The investment will fund 14 projects in robotics, automated laboratories and autonomous control of large-scale experiments. These projects aim to transform laboratory environments and scientific experiments with intelligent systems leveraging embodied AI, advanced automation and robotics. Additionally, the program will support 37 foundational AI projects focused on organizing and preparing massive amounts of existing scientific data and developing powerful and reliable AI models that are rigorously tested for scientific use.
“Thanks to President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cut, the Department of Energy is proud to advance AI investments to ensure American technological leadership and accelerate scientific discovery,” said Dario Gil, under secretary for science and innovation at DOE. ”By investing in the American Science Cloud and the Transformational AI Model Consortium we are creating the foundational technologies and AI-ready data sets that will enable the success of the Genesis Mission.”
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