DOE's Call: Build Sci-Fi AI Superbrains with Public Research Funds
Published Date: 12/5/2025
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Summary
The Department of Energy wants your ideas on teaming up with businesses and researchers to build super-smart AI models using their huge scientific data. These AI models will help speed up discoveries in science, energy, and national security. If you’re interested, send your thoughts by January 14, 2026, and get ready for a big boost in AI-powered science!
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DOE to Form Public‑Private AI Consortium
The Department of Energy says it intends to establish a public-private consortium to curate DOE scientific data across the National Laboratory complex and to develop self-improving AI models for science and engineering under Section 50404 of Public Law 119-21. The models are to be provided to the scientific community through U.S. government, academic, and private-sector programs and infrastructure using cloud technologies. DOE invited ideas from industry, think tanks, investors, research organizations, and other stakeholders and asked for responses by January 14, 2026.
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