Will AI hackathons strengthen critical mineral supply chains?

This week the White House announced a series of "AI hackathons to strengthen critical mineral supply chains," starting in February of 2024. There's 50 critical minerals are used in everything from electric motors and generators to the fuselage and wings of an airplane. So now the "Critical Minera...

Can AI help assess domestic critical mineral resources?

The organizations “will host a series of hackathons beginning in February 2024 to develop novel artificial intelligence approaches to assess domestic critical mineral resources,” according to a White House fact sheet. The hackathons are a component of DARPA’s Critical Mineral Assessments with AI Support (CriticalMAAS) program.

What's new in 2024 AI hackathons?

The new 2024 AI hackathons are now intended to build on the challenges from that 2022 competition. One competitor had described it as a "well-organized competition, really engaging," adding "I think the complexity of the maps that were part of the data set just made it a really interesting and engaging kind of problem."