One Big Beautiful Bill Act 2025, Section 50404 ("Transformational artificial intelligence models")

Summary

Demands that the Secretary of Energy mobilize National Laboratories to partner with industry to curate and preprocess Department of Energy data for artificial intelligence and machine learning models.

Initiates seed efforts to develop self-improving artificial intelligence models for science and engineering using curated data.

Allows curated data to be used for developing next-generation microelectronics.

Provides artificial intelligence models to the scientific community through the American science cloud.

Appropriates $150,000,000, available through September 30, 2026, to fund the outlined initiatives.

Defines "American science cloud" and "artificial intelligence" with specific compliance and legal standards.

(a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) American science cloud.--The term ``American science cloud'' means a system of United States government, academic, and private sector programs and infrastructures utilizing cloud computing technologies to facilitate and support scientific research, data sharing, and computational analysis across various disciplines while ensuring compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, and privacy standards. (2) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial intelligence'' has the meaning given the term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).

Requires the Secretary of Energy mobilize National Laboratories to structure data for AI models; initiates efforts for self-improving AI.

(b) Transformational Models.--The Secretary of Energy shall-- (1) mobilize National Laboratories to partner with industry sectors within the United States to curate the scientific data of the Department of Energy across the National Laboratory complex so that the data is structured, cleaned, and preprocessed in a way that makes it suitable for use in artificial intelligence and machine learning models; and

(2) initiate seed efforts for self-improving artificial intelligence models for science and engineering powered by the data described in paragraph (1).

Designates curated data to be used for the development of advanced microelectronics and provides AI models for new energy technology development.

(c) Uses.-- (1) Microelectronics.--The curated data described in subsection (b)(1) may be used to rapidly develop next-generation microelectronics that have greater capabilities beyond Moore's law while requiring lower energy consumption. (2) New energy technologies.--The artificial intelligence models developed under subsection (b)(2) shall be provided to the scientific community through the American science cloud to accelerate innovation in discovery science and engineering for new energy technologies.

Appropriates $150,000,000 from Treasury to remain available until September 30, 2026 for aforementioned initiatives.

(d) Appropriations.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2026, to carry out this section.