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Trump signs executive order for AI project called Genesis Mission to boost scientific discoveries
- Trump signs an executive order to create Genesis Mission, uniting data from government with private AI partners.
- Genesis Mission aims to centralize national scientific data on a new digital platform at the Energy Department.
- Private sector and universities are invited to partner and apply AI to solve energy, engineering and national security problems.
- Officials expect increased data center demand as AI use grows, with potential impact on electricity costs.
- Genesis relies on national labs’ supercomputers and private sector capacity for computing needs.
- Officials emphasize safeguards to protect protected information amid public data use.
- White House frames Genesis as the most ambitious federal science effort since Apollo.
- Administration notes private sector investment from Saudi Arabia as part of AI push.
- Funding previously allocated to energy and science programs partially supports Genesis.
- The initiative is framed around accelerating AI development and utilization in government work.
- White House officials spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity before signing.
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