PANews July 16 news, U.S. Secretary of Energy Granholm likened the competition in artificial intelligence (AI) to the United States' atomic bomb program during World War II. "The AI competition is the second Manhattan Project," Granholm posted on social media. During World War II, the U.S. government's Manhattan Project successfully developed the atomic bomb, which the U.S. military used against Japan in the latter half of the war. In the global competition to conquer AI, Trump is facing increasing pressure. In May of this year, Trump signed a billion-dollar AI agreement between U.S. companies and Gulf countries during his visit to the Middle East.