On November 24 local time, US President Trump signed an executive order establishing the " Genesis" organization. The plan aims to vigorously promote artificial intelligence in the United States. (AI) research, development and scientific application.
Senior U.S. government officials predict that this new plan will go down in history, as important as the U.S. space race during the Cold War.
Improve research speed
The White House stated that this is a new national initiative aimed at using artificial intelligence to transform the way scientific research is conducted and to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery. For example, it aims to speed up the approval process for new drugs, which has "stagnated or declined" in recent decades.
Under the " Genesis Project," the Department of Energy will create a closed-loop artificial intelligence experimental platform, integrating U.S. supercomputers and data assets to generate scientific foundation models for robotics. The laboratory provides the power.
The executive order also directs the President's Assistant for Science and Technology (APST) to coordinate the integration of data and infrastructure across national initiatives and federal government departments.
US Energy The Minister, APST, and Special Advisor on Artificial Intelligence and Cryptography will collaborate with innovators in academia and the private sector to support and strengthen the Genesis Programme.
The White House states that despite significant increases in research budgets since the 1990s, scientific progress has stagnated. Utilizing artificial intelligence as a scientific tool will fundamentally transform the way scientific research is conducted.
The Trump administration plans to significantly improve the efficiency and impact of federal research and development over a decade through the "Genesis Initiative".
Earlier that day, White House Office of Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios, in a phone call with reporters, described the Trump administration’s new artificial intelligence project as “the largest mobilization of federal science resources since the Apollo program.”
An unnamed senior U.S. official added that the plan would be in collaboration with Nvidia. (Nvidia), Dell, HPE U.S. private companies such as HPE and AMD are collaborating to enhance the supercomputing capabilities of national laboratories. Recent technological proposals from these companies demonstrate potential collaborative models.
A few weeks ago, the federal government also announced a new partnership with a leading U.S. artificial intelligence company to build the next generation of supercomputers focused on artificial intelligence.
In late October, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a new partnership with AMD to launch two new supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, home to some of the nation's leading federal artificial intelligence researchers.
“Winning the artificial intelligence race requires new, creative partnerships that bring together the best talent and industry in the U.S. science and technology sector,” U.S. Energy Secretary Wright said in a statement at the time.
Wright said, "Through our partnerships with AMD and HPE, we are bringing new capacity into operation at an unprecedented pace, translating shared innovation into national strength and demonstrating that the United States leads the way when public-private partners build together." He was referring to HP. The role of enterprises in building supercomputers.
In early November, the U.S. Department of Energy announced plans to further expand the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, which will be equipped with high-performance Nvidia chips to tackle complex quantum computing and artificial intelligence research.
Concerns about rising energy costs
Since taking office, Trump has issued a series of executive orders to promote the application of artificial intelligence. His latest move is the latest example of his close collaboration with the AI and technology industries since last year's presidential election, when several tech giants invested millions of dollars in his campaign.
Even First Lady Melania Trump has joined the ranks of those promoting artificial intelligence. In September, she made a rare appearance at the White House to attend a meeting of the AI working group. At the meeting, she told the working group members, including several cabinet ministers, that Americans are “living in a time of miracles” due to the recent rapid development of technology.
She urged tech industry leaders to treat the burgeoning AI models like their own children, encouraging them to adopt a "cautious guidance" approach while cautioning them to manage the development of this new technology responsibly.
The White House stated that Trump prioritizes ensuring America's global dominance in artificial intelligence "to usher in a new golden age of human prosperity, economic competitiveness, and national security."
This executive order builds upon the existing National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR). NAIRR was created in 2020 under the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act to provide a shared, robust national research infrastructure to “accelerate artificial intelligence and AI-driven discovery and innovation.”
NAIRR was initially a pilot project that brought together organizations including the Department of Defense and U.S. aviation. Federal agencies such as NASA and the National Institutes of Health, along with non-governmental organizations like OpenAI, Google, and Palantir, aim to establish a national research community. The Trump administration's "Artificial Intelligence Action Plan," released in July, emphasized the role of national R&D efforts, some of which originated from NAIRR.
Trump stated that the executive order would "facilitate breakthroughs in the next generation of artificial intelligence."
This work will initially utilize the existing supercomputers in the Department of Energy's 17 national laboratories, and will build more supercomputers.
However, it remains unclear how the mission will be funded. White House officials have hinted that further congressional assistance may be needed in the future. One official stated that the Department of Energy already operates "some of the world's best supercomputing facilities," and the government will utilize all available resources, with the help of Congress, to "continue to increase investment to ensure the mission's success."
Furthermore, the massive computing resources required for the development of artificial intelligence rely on energy-intensive data centers. This has raised concerns about the strain on the US power grid.
Wright defended the "Genesis Plan," arguing that it could actually mitigate rising energy costs. He stated that one of the plan's ultimate goals was to increase energy supply, improve grid efficiency, and reverse the price increases that were angering the American public.
(Source: International Financial News)
