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The U.S. government will invest US$5 billion to promote AI research, covering many fields such as medical care and construction

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The U.S. government will invest US$5 billion to promote AI research, covering many fields such as medical care and construction.

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday local time that it would invest US$5 billion to use artificial intelligence (AI) to overcome long-standing scientific problems in multiple fields.

According to the statement, relevant government agencies will use the funds to conduct a variety of research, including finding the root causes of chronic diseases, accelerating drug research and development, and developing more durable building materials. Michael Kratzios, chief science and technology adviser to the U.S.

President, said researchers participating in the project will have access to the U.S. Department of Energy’s supercomputers, AI models, professional data sets and other key infrastructure needed to conduct algorithm experiments. The plan will involve 15 federal agencies, including the U.S.

Departments of Health and Human Services, Energy, Transportation, Defense, and the Interior.

Kratsios said: “The White House is promoting federal agencies in different fields to work together and integrate them into this larger ‘AI-empowered scientific research’ plan.” In addition, according to a report released by the White House on Tuesday night and written by Kratsios, the Trump administration also plans to reform the U.S.

federal scientific research funding mechanism and invest more funds directly into individual researchers and the application of AI technology, rather than universities in the traditional sense. This adjustment will give the Trump administration greater control over the use of scientific research funds.

"Federal support for scientific research must be subject to political accountability," the report said. In addition, a new rule proposed by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may further restrict some universities’ access to scientific research funds.

Under the proposal, politically appointed officials would have greater authority in approving scientific research grants and require scientific research projects to be more consistent with the Trump administration's policy priorities.

During his second presidential term, Trump has sought to tighten control over how science funding is allocated in the White House. However, this approach has been partially restricted by federal courts. In January this year, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration must not cut federal research funding provided by the U.S.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) to universities engaged in scientific and medical research. Another focus of this reform is to place AI at the core of the U.S. scientific research system and set more aggressive national science and technology goals. For example, the U.S.

government recently proposed that it strive to deploy a high-performance quantum computer by 2028 and promote the construction of 10 large-scale nuclear reactors by 2030 to enhance the U.S. power supply capacity. AI models rely on massive amounts of data to identify patterns, generate predictions and automate decision-making. The U.S.

government maintains one of the largest databases in the world, including data on chemicals, critical minerals and patient health information. Kratsios claimed that this US$5 billion scientific research plan will provide opportunities to use the above data to train AI models and use these algorithms to solve a series of scientific problems.

At the same time, Microsoft announced that it will donate $40 million worth of AI computing power to the program in the next three years to support related research work.

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The U.S. government will invest US$5 billion to promote AI research, covering many fields such as medical care and construction

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday local time that it would invest US$5 billion to use artificial intelligence (AI) to overcome long-standing scientific problems in multiple fields. According to the statement, relevant government agencies will use the funds to conduct a variety of research, including finding the root causes of chronic diseases, accelerating drug research and development, and developing more durable building materials.

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday local time that it would invest US$5 billion to use artificial intelligence (AI) to overcome long-standing scientific problems in multiple fields. According to the statement, relevant government agencies will use the funds to conduct a variety of research, including finding the root causes of chronic diseases, accelerating drug research and development, and developing more durable building materials. Michael Kratzios, chief science and technology adviser to the U.S. President, said researchers participating in the project will have access to the U.S. Department of Energy’s supercomputers, AI models, professional data sets and other key infrastructure needed to conduct algorithm experiments. The plan will involve 15 federal agencies, including the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Energy, Transportation, Defense, and the Interior. Kratsios said: “The White House is promoting federal agencies in different fields to work together and integrate them into this larger ‘AI-empowered scientific research’ plan.” In addition, according to a report released by the White House on Tuesday night and written by Kratsios, the Trump administration also plans to reform the U.S. federal scientific research funding mechanism and invest more funds directly into individual researchers and the application of AI technology, rather than universities in the traditional sense. This adjustment will give the Trump administration greater control over the use of scientific research funds. "Federal support for scientific research must be subject to political accountability," the report said. In addition, a new rule proposed by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may further restrict some universities’ access to scientific research funds. Under the proposal, politically appointed officials would have greater authority in approving scientific research grants and require scientific research projects to be more consistent with the Trump administration's policy priorities. During his second presidential term, Trump has sought to tighten control over how science funding is allocated in the White House. However, this approach has been partially restricted by federal courts. In January this year, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration must not cut federal research funding provided by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to universities engaged in scientific and medical research. Another focus of this reform is to place AI at the core of the U.S. scientific research system and set more aggressive national science and technology goals. For example, the U.S. government recently proposed that it strive to deploy a high-performance quantum computer by 2028 and promote the construction of 10 large-scale nuclear reactors by 2030 to enhance the U.S. power supply capacity. AI models rely on massive amounts of data to identify patterns, generate predictions and automate decision-making. The U.S. government maintains one of the largest databases in the world, including data on chemicals, critical minerals and patient health information. Kratsios claimed that this US$5 billion scientific research plan will provide opportunities to use the above data to train AI models and use these algorithms to solve a series of scientific problems. At the same time, Microsoft announced that it will donate $40 million worth of AI computing power to the program in the next three years to support related research work.

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