Trump Promotes AI-Driven Science While His Administration Cuts Research Funding

Summary

At the White House’s “Science: A New Golden Age” summit, President Donald Trump promoted an administration initiative to accelerate US scientific research and development with artificial intelligence. He said companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Palantir, and Amazon had committed more than $2.4 billion to the Genesis Mission, which is intended to connect Department of Energy laboratories with industry and academia for work in energy, discovery science, and national security. Trump launched the mission through an executive order in November 2025. The announcement came as his administration continues eliminating federal funding for research, including work on chronic diseases and climate change, according to the article. The report questions whether AI and corporate investment can replace lost support for institutions such as the National Institutes of Health. Trump also awarded National Medals of Science to Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su, while Satya Nadella and Michael Dell received National Medals of Technology and Innovation. The article notes that the recipients had financially supported Trump or Republican causes, and that Trump’s financial disclosures showed transactions involving shares of several related technology companies.