NSF and NVIDIA Partner to Enable Fully Open AI Models

The report describes the NSF–NVIDIA partnership to fund the Open Multimodal AI Infrastructure to Accelerate Science (OMAI) led by AI2, aiming to produce fully open AI models for U.S. scientific research, aligned with the White House AI Action Plan. It notes Black Hat USA 2025 highlights on LLM exploits and zero-day disclosures (including CyberArk Conjur and HashiCorp Vault) as context for AI security challenges, and outlines related NSF research funding opportunities such as a WSU–LiU program on cybersecurity for AI. The piece concludes by reflecting on prior NSF–government digital partnerships and the continued emphasis on collaboration in emerging technology and cybersecurity.