Trump administration steers $5B toward AI research

The Trump administration has allocated over $5 billion to an Energy Department-led AI research initiative called the Genesis Mission, aiming to redirect federal science funding toward AI-powered projects and individual researchers rather than traditional institutions like universities. The funding supports 278 projects across biomedical research, energy grid reliability, quantum computing, and nuclear energy, with the largest grant being $60 million for AI-driven nuclear energy advancements.