The Google DeepMind blog reported the start of a partnership between the company and the U.S. Department of Energy. The joint work is being conducted under a project named Genesis, which is positioned as a national mission.
The primary stated goal of this collaboration is to accelerate innovation processes and scientific discoveries. To achieve these results, the parties plan to use artificial intelligence technologies.
This information is based exclusively on the meta-description of the publication from the project partner itself. Details regarding technical implementation or specific areas of AI application are not disclosed in the source.
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Why it matters
The most likely consequence will be an increase in pilot projects at the intersection of energy and machine learning in the coming year. The next observable signal should be the publication of a project roadmap or reports on initial results. A key uncertainty remains the actual access researchers will have to computational power and data.