NSF and Nvidia award Ai2 $152M to support building an open AI ecosystem
10 days ago
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- #Open Source
- #Scientific Discovery
- Ai2 awarded $75M by NSF and $77M by NVIDIA to build a national open AI ecosystem.
- Project OMAI aims to advance scientific discovery through open AI models and infrastructure.
- Partnership includes universities (UW, UH Hilo, UNH, UNM) and tech partners (Cirrascale, Supermicro).
- Ai2's open models (OLMo, Molmo) are reproducible, transparent, and available to all.
- Funding supports AI infrastructure to enhance U.S. leadership in AI and scientific research.
- NSF and NVIDIA emphasize open AI's role in national competitiveness and global trust.