Exclusive: Trump eyes Pentagon AI program for trade block's minerals pricing, sources say - Reuters
Exclusive: Trump eyes Pentagon AI program for trade block's minerals pricing, sources say Reuters
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The Trump administration plans to use a Pentagon-created artificial intelligence program to help set reference prices for critical minerals as it works to build a global metals trading zone, according to sources with direct knowledge of the effort.
The Trump administration plans to use a Pentagon-created artificial intelligence program to help set reference prices for critical minerals as it works to build a global metals trading zone, according to sources with direct knowledge of the effort.
Reports indicate that the Trump administration plans to use a Pentagon-created artificial intelligence program to set reference prices for critical minerals in a global trading block.
The Trump administration plans to use a Pentagon-created artificial intelligence program to help set reference prices for critical minerals as it works to build a global metals trading zone.
DARPA and the US Geological Survey plan to hire one or more private contractors to develop an artificial intelligence-backed model that would construct a metal's 'structural price' based on various factors.

A U.S. government-created artificial intelligence program that aims to predict the supply and price of critical minerals has been transferred to the control of a non-profit organization that is helping miners and manufacturers strike supply deals.
A U.S. government-created artificial intelligence program that aims to predict the supply and price of critical minerals has been transferred to the control of a non-profit organization that is helping miners and manufacturers strike supply deals.
The administration’s first pricing focus would cover at least four minerals: germanium, gallium, antimony, and tungsten, before expanding to others, the sources said.
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