US science agency launches $100m drive to make old datasets AI-ready

Multimillion-dollar programme will help researchers turn years of scientific data into fuel for AI-driven breakthroughs

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The scheme, called Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery, will back projects that improve the accessibility, interoperability and readiness of datasets built up through years of prior research

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