US to spend $625 mn on super-computing research centers

San Francisco: The US on Wednesday said it will spend $625 million over the next five years on centers to research artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

An additional $340 million will be contributed by the private sector and academic institutions, bringing the total planned investment close to $1 billion, according to a release by the Department of Energy.

The money will go to establishing a dozen research institutes focused on artificial intelligence and quantum computing, the DOE said.