Trump launches ‘Genesis Mission’ to boost AI with inspiration from Apollo program in space race

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order creating a federal “Genesis mission” to support US dominance in artificial intelligence — with officials comparing it to the Apollo Program that landed men on the moon during the space race.

Administration officials said the initiative would “massively accelerate the rate of scientific breakthroughs” by using “unmatched computing capabilities and resources of the Department of Energy’s National Laboratories to unlock federal data sets.”

The National Labs will work with private companies to generate research that can be applied to healthcare, energy production and engineering, officials said.

The document orders Energy Secretary Chris Wright to “establish and operate the American Science and Security Platform (Platform) to serve as the infrastructure for the Mission.”

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