Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, announced that the United States, along with 16 other countries including Argentina, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom, co-signed the "Kyoto Vision" at the 23rd Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum in Kyoto, Japan. This joint statement aims to update and strengthen the scientific ecosystem, accelerating scientific discovery and ushering in a "golden age" of science by leveraging "superintelligence" for large-scale autonomous experimentation, unlocking new experimental and analytical capabilities. Ministers pledged to support ambitious research by top scientists through new institutional models and funding mechanisms.