- China officially deployed a super-powerful scientific AI system on December 23, 2025, just one month after US President Donald Trump announced the Genesis Mission – a project likened to an “AI Manhattan Project.”
- The new AI system is designed to operate with almost no human supervision, capable of accepting natural language commands and automatically decomposing complex research tasks.
- This AI has the ability to self-allocate computing resources, run simulations, analyze data, and generate complete scientific reports.
- The platform operates directly on the National Supercomputing Network (SCNet), a digital backbone connecting over 30 supercomputing centers across China.
- SCNet currently serves over 1,000 agencies, businesses, universities, and research institutes, supporting nearly 100 scientific processes in materials science, biotechnology, and industrial AI.
- According to SCNet, tasks that once took a scientist a working day now take only about 1 hour.
- The project is part of the “AI+” strategy launched by Beijing in August 2025 to accelerate scientific discovery using AI.
- Chinese experts observe that science is shifting from “number crunching” to “AI-powered discovery,” fundamentally changing how research is organized.
- Meanwhile, the US Genesis Mission, led by the Department of Energy, must prove operational capability within 270 days and identify 20 national scientific challenges in just 60 days.
- Granting AI direct access to national supercomputers could drive scientific breakthroughs but also poses significant risks regarding data leakage, security, and weaponry.
📌 China officially launched a super-powerful scientific AI system on December 23, 2025, just one month after US President Donald Trump announced the Genesis Mission – a project likened to an “AI Manhattan Project.” Tasks that used to take a scientist a working day now take only about 1 hour. While the US’s Genesis Mission is still bound by a 270-day deadline, China has demonstrated actual operational capability, showing that scientific AI is becoming a new strategic front in global technology competition.
