The U.S. National Science Foundation has just unveiled a $100 million initiative to build a network of “programmable cloud laboratories” . These AI‑enabled hubs will let scientists design and run experiments remotely, with initial focus on biotechnology and materials science. The idea is to embed artificial intelligence across every stage of research — from planning and predicting outcomes to monitoring real‑time data and adjusting conditions, then speeding up analysis afterward .

The program plans up to six grants of $5 million per year for four years to universities, nonprofits and companies . NSF likens this to its historic investments in infrastructure such as NSFNET : a foundational move to accelerate automated science and keep the U.S. at the forefront of AI innovation.
Read more at: https://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-invest-new-national-network-ai-programmable-cloud

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