The U.S. Department of Energy has partnered with 24 companies in one of its broadest public-private coalitions to date on artificial intelligence, connecting some of the industry’s leading players with the department’s research labs.
The DOE said in a Dec. 18 statement that it has signed the pacts to advance the Genesis Mission, a national initiative aimed at using AI to accelerate scientific discovery while strengthening U.S. energy and national security capabilities. The mission is also described as a strategic effort to reduce reliance on foreign technology.
The pacts take the form of memorandums of understanding rather than funded contracts. While the DOE did not attach a specific dollar figure to the partnerships, it said that participating companies either already have active projects at its national laboratories or have expressed interest in working with them….