Request for Information on Frontiers in AI for Science, Security, and Technology (FASST)

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Critical & Emerging Technologies (CET) released a Request for Information (RFI) to seek public input on DOE’s Frontiers in AI for Science, Security, and Technology (FASST) initiative. The FASST initiative intends to build the world’s most powerful integrated scientific AI models for scientific discovery, applied energy deployment, and national security applications. The RFI seeks public input to inform how DOE can leverage its existing assets at its 17 national labs and partner with external organizations to support the FASST initiative. 

The full RFI can be found on Federal Register here. 

How to respond to the RFI: Submit electronic attachments to [email protected] 

When: Nov. 11, 2024; no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

The DOE has already demonstrated early successful partnerships in AI, including recent partnerships with BridgeBio for cancer drug discovery and Microsoft for battery material discovery. Today, DOE owns the world’s two fastest public supercomputers, which lead the industry in energy efficiency and are publicly available to U.S. researchers and companies. FASST proposes to supercharge AI development at DOE, building off the Department’s demonstrated experience and workforce to provide a national AI capability in the public interest. 

Learn more about DOE’s FASST initiative and DOE’s investments in AI through AI test beds, workforce development, and innovation for tools and partnerships for foundation models.