Twenty-four AI-centered companies have joined the US federal government’s new Genesis Mission under Donald Trump, according to the White House.
The list includes OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon Web Services, Google, and nineteen more companies that either signed memorandums of understanding, already work with the Energy Department or national labs, or told the White House they plan to take part.
Michael Kratsios, the head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the goal is to raise output across labs and research centers. Michael’s exact words were:-
Coordinating federal research through mission rules
Trump started the mission with an executive order last month that directs agencies to line up their research programs and AI tools under a single structure.
The mission will use computing systems from national labs run by the Energy Department and rely on federal datasets to run more AI-heavy experiments.
Michael said the setup is meant to shorten timelines for scientific findings by giving researchers broad access to tools and data already controlled by the federal government.
The administration also noted that AI work depends on dense data centers that consume large amounts of power. Officials said this raises the need for new energy sources and grid upgrades.
Trump has made AI development one of his priorities during his return to the White House by announcing policies aimed at easing the construction of AI sites and giving companies room to work. At the same time, he pushed back on state rules he argued would place extra demands on firms. Critics argued that state rules are needed to handle issues such as biased output, deepfakes, and user safety risks, since federal rules have moved slowly.
The order says the Secretary must review and update the mission’s list of challenges each year with the APST and the NSTC. Their work must follow national research needs and the administration’s research goals. The order also states that the APST, through the NSTC, must bring together interested agencies to align programs, datasets, and research work with the mission and avoid overlap across the government. Agencies must identify data sources that serve the mission’s aims and build a process and funding plan to integrate programs and datasets into the mission while using risk-based security rules that follow cybersecurity standards.
Advancing agency programs and partnerships
The White House’s executive order said that agencies must launch joint funding programs or prize competitions to encourage private companies to enter AI research tied to the mission.
The APST must also work with agencies to build national programs for fellowships, internships, and apprenticeships tied to scientific fields labeled as national challenges.
These programs must place participants inside national labs and other federal sites so they get access to the mission platform and training in AI-driven scientific research.
The order directs the Secretary, with the APST and the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, to set up collaboration systems for agencies and external partners that have advanced AI, data, or computing skills.
These systems may use cooperative research agreements or user facility partnerships that must protect federal research assets and maintain public benefit, according to the White House.
The Secretary must also build standardized partnership rules, set policies for ownership, licensing, and trade-secret protections, and create uniform data access and cybersecurity standards for outside partners. This includes compliance with classification, privacy, and export-control rules.
The Secretary must also create vetting rules for users who request access to the mission platform and federal research systems.
The APST, through the NSTC, must look for international partners when appropriate so the mission connects with outside scientific work.
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Source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/tech-giants-join-trumps-ai-genesis-mission/
