AI
White House pairs a $6bn science push with $2.4bn of industry AI compute
The White House used its “Science: A New Golden Age” summit on 8 October to announce more than $6bn in combined federal, corporate and philanthropic commitments, including $2.4bn of AI tools and compute credits pledged by eleven companies. Nvidia committed $1bn, AMD $500m, OpenAI $200m, and Anthropic and Google $150m each, extending the Genesis Mission to more than 15 agencies. The Department of Energy added 12 Phase II Genesis project awards and eight “Quantum Genesis” problems to guide a $215m competition for fault-tolerant quantum computers.