Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)-backed OpenAI is collaborating with the U.S. National Laboratories to boost their scientific research using the company's latest AI reasoning models. Under the agreement, OpenAI will work with Microsoft and will deploy o1 or another o-series AI model on Venado,

As threats to the nation become more complex and more pressing, we need new approaches and advanced technologies to preserve America’s security,” LANL Director Thom Mason said in a statement.

OpenAI announced Thursday it is partnering with the Los Alamos National Laboratory to install its newest artificial intelligence models onto the lab’s supercomputer for national security research. “We care a lot about AI and science,