ME News: On December 20 (UTC+8), the latest statements from the White House and the U.S. Department of Energy indicate that 24 leading artificial intelligence companies, including Microsoft, Google, and NVIDIA, have signed agreements with the U.S. government to join the 'Genesis Project.' This initiative, launched by the White House, aims to promote the application of emerging technologies in scientific exploration and energy projects. On the same day, industry participants, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Deputy Secretary of Energy Darío Gil responsible for science and the Genesis Project, and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios held a meeting at the White House to initiate public-private innovation partnerships in the field of artificial intelligence technology, ensuring the establishment of scalable national infrastructure in the U.S. to accelerate scientific development at an unprecedented pace and ensuring the benefits of artificial intelligence reach the entire nation. The 24 companies include (in alphabetical order): Accenture, AMD, Anthropic, Armada, Amazon AWS, Cerebras, CoreWeave, Dell, DrivenData, Google, Groq, Huyue, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Oracle, Periodic Labs, Palantir, Project Prometheus, Radical AI, xAI, and XPRIZE. (Source: ME) As a result of this news, relevant company stock prices rose by over 5%. (Source: ME)