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AI and quantum science take centre stage under Trump — but with little new proposed funding

The US administration is banking on public–private partnerships and an expanded workforce to deliver progress, but critics say that this strategy could be offset by other US policies.
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  1. Jenna Ahart

For much of US science, 2025 was a year of cancelled grants and budget anxiety — but a few fortunate fields came out ahead. Since President Donald Trump took office in January, artificial intelligence and quantum-information science have sat at the top of his administration’s scientific priorities. And they don’t seem to be leaving any time soon.

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Nature 649, 271-272 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-04108-y

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