Washington, DC - - (February 11, 2019) - - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applauded President Trump's new Accelerating America’s Leadership in Artificial Intelligence effort.
President Trump at the White House with federal officials. Today, he launched his American AI Initiative that directs Federal agencies to prioritize investments in research and development of AI. Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Energy |
President Donald J. Trump
“Today President Trump reaffirmed this Administration’s commitment to ensuring the United States leads the world in our Artificial Intelligence capabilities. The Department of Energy has long been a leader in high performance computing, and currently possesses five of the ten fastest supercomputers in the world. Through this Executive Order, the President has given DOE a mandate to further utilize our world class computing infrastructure to build upon and accelerate America’s existing AI research. DOE’s Artificial Intelligence program will provide the unique ability to analyze massive datasets and create intelligent software to accelerate the pace of discovery in a broad variety of areas including Energy, Science and Defense. The crosscutting applications for AI research are vast and include oil and gas exploration, grid management, precision medicine and much more. Put simply, making these world class tools more accessible to America’s Artificial Intelligence experts will change the world.”
Secretary Rick Perry, Department of Energy
“Since the Manhattan Project, DOE and its predecessor agencies have been leaders in advanced computing. The rapidly evolving tools of artificial intelligence will be critical to addressing the many challenges facing our nation now and into the future. With President Trump and Secretary Perry’s leadership, DOE is excited to help ensure that the U.S. remains a world leader in this critical scientific field.”
Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy
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