The U.S. National Laboratories will utilize OpenAI’s latest AI models for scientific research and nuclear weapons security.

We are proud to announce that OpenAI has signed an agreement with the U.S. National Laboratories to supercharge their scientific research using our latest reasoning models.

Sharing our technology with the nation’s top scientists aligns with our mission of building artificial…
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Under the agreement, up to 15,000 scientists will gain access to OpenAI’s o1 model, which specializes in reasoning-based tasks. Additionally, OpenAI will collaborate with Microsoft to deploy one of its models on Venado, a Los Alamos National Laboratory supercomputer designed for AI and high-performance computing applications.

As part of the partnership, researchers will leverage OpenAI’s technologies to:

Enhance cybersecurity within the U.S. energy grid
Develop new treatments and disease prevention strategies
Advance fundamental mathematics and physics research

Regarding nuclear security, OpenAI emphasized that its AI will be used to “reduce the risk of nuclear war and ensure the safety of nuclear materials and weapons worldwide.”

In July 2024, OpenAI first announced its collaboration with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the birthplace of the atomic bomb.