Morning Edition · Thursday, July 23, 2026Published at 2:03 AM EDT · New York
Google Commits $40 Million to the Energy Department's Genesis Mission as 270 Projects Begin
The pledge of Gemini access and cloud credits joins Microsoft and a $400 million National Science Foundation network in a national push to put frontier models in the lab.
Google committed $40 million in AI tokens, cloud credits, and Gemini for Government seats for one year to tens of thousands of users across the United States Department of Energy's 17 national laboratories, part of the government's Genesis…
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