{"slug": "the-tech-broification-of-american-science-has-officially-begun", "title": "The tech-broification of American science has officially begun", "summary": "The Trump administration unveiled the first 'Genesis Mission' grants on Thursday, directing $5 billion toward hundreds of AI-driven science projects in an effort the White House described as 'comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project.' Trump's science adviser Michael Kratsios simultaneously promoted a 'New Golden Age' of American science that would prioritize artificial intelligence, robotics, and nuclear energy while downplaying life sciences.", "body_md": "# The tech-broification of American science has officially begun\n\nBy Robert HartSource:\n\n[The Verge AI](https://www.theverge.com)The Trump administration [unveiled the first \"Genesis Mission\" grants](https://www.theverge.com/science/969557/genesis-mission-ai-science-projects-doe) on Thursday, directing $5 billion toward hundreds of AI-driven science projects in an effort the White House has [described](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/launching-the-genesis-mission/) as \"comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project.\" At roughly the same time, Trump's science adviser Michael Kratsios [was on Capitol Hill](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/us/politics/trump-research-funding-artificial-intelligence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) selling lawmakers on an equally grandiose promise: \"[A New Golden Age](https://www.whitehouse.gov/science/)\" of American science, one that would prioritize [artificial intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence), [robotics](/category/robotics), and nuclear energy and downplay life sciences.\n\nTaken together, the two announcements offer the clearest picture yet of how Donald Trump wants to remak …\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-tech-broification-of-american-science-has-officially-begun", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-tech-broification-of-american-science-has-officially-beg-yipi", "published_at": "2026-07-24 14:43:55+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-24 15:40:24.172477+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "robotics"], "entities": ["Trump administration", "White House", "Michael Kratsios", "Donald Trump"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-tech-broification-of-american-science-has-officially-begun", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-tech-broification-of-american-science-has-officially-begun.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-tech-broification-of-american-science-has-officially-begun.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-tech-broification-of-american-science-has-officially-begun.jsonld"}}