JOINUS Genesis Mission envisioned to spur science with AI
Just before Thanksgiving, the White House issued an executive order (EO) announcing a new project to advance scientific discovery and technological innovation using artificial intelligence. The “Genesis Mission”, to be housed at the Department of Energy, seeks to “double the productivity and impact of American science and engineering within a decade.”
The centerpiece of the Genesis Mission will be the creation of “an integrated AI platform to harness federal scientific datasets” that will be used to “train scientific foundation models and create AI agents to test new hypotheses, automate research workflows, and accelerate scientific breakthroughs.” The “American Science and Security Platform” is described as containing “datasets from federally funded research, other agencies, academic institutions, and approved private-sector partners, as appropriate” and including “proprietary, federally curated, and open scientific datasets, in addition to synthetic data generated through DOE computing resources.” There is no definition provided for “data,” which is a concern, although the EO does say the platform’s operation must be consistent with “intellectual property protections.”
STM is seeking additional information from OSTP and DOE and will share as details become available.