Trump Queues Up Participation Trophies for Tech Execs at Thursday's "Golden Age" White House Summit.

Tomorrow's event will announce more than $1 billion in commitments for the Trump administration's "Genesis Project" AI push and investments from the NSF and Energy Department, reports Axios, including $100 million in credits from something called National Compute.

Trump Queues Up Participation Trophies for Tech Execs at Thursday's "Golden Age" White House Summit.

TL;DR

  • The White House is holding a "Golden Age" summit on Thursday.
  • The event will announce over $1 billion in commitments for the "Genesis Project" AI initiative.
  • Investments from the NSF and Energy Department are expected.
  • National Compute will provide $100 million in credits.
  • Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and Lisa Su will receive the National Medal of Science.
  • Michael Dell and Satya Nadella will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
  • This is the first time Trump has awarded these honors, which usually go to less well-known recipients.