House bill targets rising rural utility costs from AI data centers
The bipartisan legislation calls for a study from the departments of Energy, Interior and Agriculture into the impact AI data centers are having on rural areas.
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Nuclear weapons risk analysis, procurement and more: How two national labs are going ‘all in’ on AI
Tech leaders at Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge detail how their facilities are embracing AI — while being realists about the technology’s limitations.
Department of Energy national labs study DeepSeek; A major shakeup in the Pentagon’s AI enterprise
DeepSeek isn’t allowed across the board at the agency, but national labs found some attributes that could be approved, DOE’s Bridget Carper said.
Department of Energy national labs studied DeepSeek, and ‘positives’ may be approved
DeepSeek isn’t allowed across the board at the agency, but national labs found some attributes that could be approved, DOE’s Bridget Carper said.
Anthropic makes generative AI widely available at major national lab
Employees at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California will have access to the enterprise version of Claude, Anthropic’s chatbot.
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NSF, DOE’s Rubin Observatory will create a massive data trove. A cloud-based platform and nightly alerts will deliver it to researchers.
Rubin’s completion converged with technological advancements that are poised to spread the data it produces far and wide to researchers.
Energy secretary signals reversal of some cuts to national labs
The White House budget proposal calls for $2.75 billion in cuts to the national laboratories, but Chris Wright told senators he’s “very open” to expanding the budget…
Energy Department announces another supercomputer: Doudna
The system involves a contract with Dell and will use next-generation NVIDIA technology set to go on sale next year.
Bipartisan Senate bill calls for Energy, NIST team-up on AI evaluations
DOE’s national labs play a big role in the TEST AI Act, which would establish a testbed pilot to develop and refine measurement standards used to assess…
Energy CIO Ross Graber leaving after less than 2 months on the job
The DOE will be looking for its third permanent CIO during the Trump administration, which is running through top IT leaders across agencies.
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