The United States has announced one of its most ambitious technology initiatives yet. President Donald Trump has launched the ‘Genesis Mission,’ a national programme designed to harness advanced artificial intelligence and supercomputing to speed up major scientific breakthroughs. The initiative brings together federal laboratories, private industry, and cutting-edge computing systems to create a unified, AI-powered research network.
What is the Genesis Mission President Trump has signed an executive order to create a national AI programme aimed at speeding up major scientific discoveries. The idea is to put America’s biggest supercomputers, data centres, and national labs to work together as one giant research machine. Trump said the mission will unite scientists and technologies across 17 national laboratories into “one cooperative system for research.” The initiative will also build a “closed-loop AI experimentation platform,” basically a connected super-system where AI can learn, test and improve scientific models faster than ever. Also read: Nvidia’s top chips are ‘Nuclear Reactors’ of AI age
What the White House wants to solve The administration says the mission will target some of the toughest scientific challenges, including: Officials compared the mission to historic projects like the Apollo programme that landed humans on the moon. Why this matters for science Michael Kratsios, Trump’s top science adviser, said the Genesis Mission marks a huge shift in how scientific work will be done.
He described it as a “revolutionary approach”, adding: The Genesis Mission connects world-class scientific data with the most advanced American AI to unlock breakthroughs in medicine, energy, materials science, and beyond. Tech giants join the push The government isn’t doing this alone. Several major tech companies, including Nvidia, AMD, Dell Technologies, HPE, and AI startup Anthropic, will partner with the administration. Nvidia said the mission aims to link supercomputers, AI systems, and even future quantum machines into “the most complex scientific instrument ever built.” Also read: YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump lawsuit
What the government says Rapid AI growth has sparked fears about energy shortages and strain on the US power grid. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Genesis will also focus on making the grid smarter and more efficient.
Wright said: “We are going to stop the rise in the price of energy… it will plateau, and ultimately we will put downward pressure on the prices of electricity.”
The administration argues that stronger AI systems will help bring more energy online, lower costs, and support future data centres. Trump’s push for one national AI rulebook Since returning to the office, Trump has made cutting regulations a core part of his AI strategy. He warned that too many state-level AI laws could stall progress.
Trump wrote on Truth Social:
Overregulation by the States is threatening to undermine this Growth Engine… We MUST have one Federal Standard instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes. A new order is also being prepared to allow the Justice Department to challenge state AI rules deemed unconstitutional. Experts welcome the move Some researchers argue that the Genesis Mission could democratise access to AI and scientific tools. Benjamin H. Bratton from the University of California, San Diego, told Al Jazeera that the initiative pushes AI diffusion, making advanced technologies available to everyone, not just a few powerful institutions. “It is less important ‘whose’ AI people have access to than that they have universal access at all,” Bratton said. US scientific research The Genesis Mission is the Trump administration’s boldest attempt yet to reshape US scientific research using AI. Backed by supercomputers, national labs, and tech giants, it aims to speed up discoveries, strengthen the energy grid, and cement the US role in the global AI race.
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