DOE Announces New Actions to Enhance America’s Global Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

DOE Outlines Multiple Efforts to Accelerate the Responsible Deployment of AI Technologies to Promote Innovation, Strengthen America’s Energy and National Security, and Help Tackle the Climate Crisis. DOE issued AI and Energy: Opportunities for a Modern Grid and Clean Energy Economy, which is a first-ever report on AI’s near-term potential to support the growth of America’s clean energy economy and Advanced Research Directions in AI For Energy, a report developed by DOE’s National Laboratories on long-term opportunities and challenges in AI. The Department also launched a new website that showcases DOE-developed AI tools and foundation models useful for basic and applied science. Today's announcements will help drive advancements in AI safety and security, promote innovation and competition, and accelerate clean energy solutions to strengthen America’s global leadership in science and technology for generations to come. DOE is also announcing actions to assess the potential energy opportunities and challenges of AI, accelerate deployment of clean energy, and advance AI software and hardware innovation to manage the growing energy demand of AI, including: The new VoltAIc Initiative to use AI to help streamline siting and permitting at the Federal, state, and local level. Delivered an initial assessment on the safe, secure, and trustworthy deployment of AI and launched a sustained effort to analyze AI’s potential benefits and risks for critical energy infrastructure. Analyzed the near-term potential for AI to improve planning, permitting, investment, and operations for electric grid infrastructure. Identifying longer-term grand challenges for harnessing the potential transformative power of AI for energy. Conducted a comprehensive overview of opportunities and challenges associated with Machine Learning techniques and their applications in power system operations. Establishing a new Working Group on Powering AI and Data Center Infrastructure. Announcing that over the next several months, DOE will convene utilities, clean energy developers, data center owners and operators, and regulators in localities experiencing large load growth.