The order establishes a major nationwide initiative to use artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery and innovation by combining the federal government’s huge scientific datasets with supercomputers, AI agents, national labs, universities, and private companies. The initiative, led by the Department of Energy and coordinated by the White House’s science office, creates a unified platform for training AI models across domains like energy, materials science, biotech, and national security. It sets timelines for identifying computing resources, securing and preparing data, and assessing robotic and automated lab capabilities, with the goal of vastly increasing the pace and scale of research breakthroughs. The order emphasizes protecting national-security interests, managing data access, and aligning the program with strategic economic and scientific priorities.
