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White House Details Quantum Contest and AI Commitments in $6B Science Push

Edited by Steinar Vigdel Kolnes, Editor, Oslo

The Trump administration outlined a $215 million quantum computing competition and $2.4 billion in AI industry commitments as part of a broader science initiative.

White House Details Quantum Contest and AI Commitments in $6B Science Push

The Trump administration has detailed quantum computing and artificial intelligence initiatives within a $6 billion science push, according to Cointelegraph.

The White House outlined a quantum computing competition worth $215 million, alongside $2.4 billion in commitments from the AI industry.

The announcement comes amid growing concern about the potential threat quantum computing could pose to the cryptographic protections used by cryptocurrencies.

Source: Cointelegraph

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