Trump administration outlines quantum, AI initiatives in $6B science push
Summary
The Department of Energy named eight research priorities for its Quantum Genesis Q Competition, which offers up to $215 million in milestone-based awards and prizes for companies developing fault-tolerant quantum computers. The work covers fields including chemistry, materials science and physics. More capable quantum computers could eventually threaten blockchain and financial cryptography by deriving private keys from exposed public keys, but no machine can currently perform such attacks. Separately, 11 technology companies pledged $2.4 billion in AI tools and computing credits for research at 15 federal agencies, including commitments from Nvidia, AMD, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.
