Nandini Roy Choudhury, writer
Brief news
- OpenAI announced a partnership with U.S. National Laboratories to utilize its AI models for scientific research and nuclear weapons security, potentially benefiting 15,000 scientists.
- The collaboration aims to enhance cybersecurity, improve disease treatment methods, and deepen understanding of mathematics and physics, while also focusing on reducing nuclear war risks.
- OpenAI recently launched ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government use, and CEO Sam Altman has expressed a newfound appreciation for President Trump, amidst rising competition from the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek.
Detailed news
On Thursday, OpenAI announced that the U.S. National Laboratories will be using its newest artificial intelligence models for scientific research and nuclear weapons security.
According to the agreement, as many as 15,000 scientists who are employed at the National Laboratories may get access to OpenAI’s reasoning-focused o1 series. According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the business will also collaborate with Microsoft, its primary investor, to implement one of its models on Venado, the supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Altman revealed the agreement during a company event dubbed “Building to Win: AI Economics,” which took place in Washington, D.C.
OpenAI has stated that the new relationship will entail scientists employing OpenAI’s technology to improve cybersecurity in order to defend the U.S. power system, discover innovative methods for treating and preventing diseases, and gain a deeper knowledge of fundamental mathematics and physics.
It will also involve work on nuclear weapons, “focused on reducing the risk of nuclear war and securing nuclear materials and weapons worldwide,” the corporation claimed. A few OpenAI experts who have security clearances will provide advice on the project.
a launch. Nvidia and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise provide the technology that powers Venado.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Gov, an artificial intelligence platform designed particularly for the U.S. government, earlier this week. OpenAI characterized the new platform as a step beyond ChatGPT Enterprise as far as security. According to the business, it will allow government agencies to input “non-public, sensitive information” into OpenAI’s models while still functioning in their own safe hosting environments.
According to OpenAI, since the start of 2024, over 90,000 personnel from federal, state, and municipal governments have used ChatGPT to create more than 18 million prompts. They have utilized the technology to translate and summarize papers, compose and prepare policy memos, generate code, and build applications.
The government alliance comes after a number of actions taken by Altman and OpenAI that seem to be intended to placate President Donald Trump. Altman donated $1 million to the inauguration, attended the event last week with other tech CEOs, and lately expressed his appreciation for the president.
Altman stated on X that “more careful” observation of Trump “recently has really changed my perspective on him,” and he went on to say that “he will be incredible for the country in many ways.” OpenAI is also involved in the Stargate project, which was just revealed. This project includes billions of dollars in investments in AI infrastructure in the United States.
While OpenAI strengthens its relationship with the government, a Chinese competitor is rapidly gaining popularity in the United States. DeepSeek, a Chinese startup lab that specializes in artificial intelligence, experienced a surge in the popularity of its app this week, which climbed to the top of the Apple App Store rankings. This news caused turmoil in the U.S. markets after allegations surfaced that the company’s sophisticated model was trained for a fraction of the cost of its U.S. competitors.
Altman stated that DeepSeek’s R1 model was “impressive” and wrote on X that “we will obviously deliver much better models and also it’s legit invigorating to have a new competitor!”
Source : CNBC news
