The United States, together with its allies, is on a quest to ensure it has a secure supply of the critical minerals needed for new technologies. But there’s a problem: the U.S. doesn’t exactly know how much of these valuable commodities are in its own backyard, or where they are. This week, The Wire looks at the U.S. government’s efforts to modernize its maps of critical minerals, how AI technologies are transforming the job of the nation’s geologists, and what this could mean for Am