The United States plans to establish a comprehensive artificial intelligence platform

Washington, November 24th (Xinhua) - US President Trump signed an executive order on the 24th to establish a comprehensive artificial intelligence platform using resources such as the US National Laboratory, with the aim of "accelerating the application of artificial intelligence in transformative scientific discoveries". The White House claims that this task is comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project.

According to documents released on the White House website, Trump ordered the launch of the "Genesis Mission", which will establish a comprehensive artificial intelligence platform that integrates American scientists, businesses, renowned universities, existing research infrastructure, data repositories, and other resources. It will use federal scientific datasets to train scientific models and create intelligent agents to accelerate innovation and discovery through artificial intelligence, and help solve the most challenging problems of this century.

The executive order states that the "Genesis Mission" will strengthen national security, improve labor productivity, exponentially increase taxpayers' investment returns in research and development, and "further consolidate America's technological leadership and global strategic leadership.

According to US media reports, Michael Krazios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, stated during a media conference call that this measure focuses on mobilizing federal technology resources and is expected to accelerate scientific breakthroughs in fields such as pharmaceuticals, energy, and engineering.