1,000 Scientist AI Jam Session

We’re building AI to help people solve hard problems, including by using AI to accelerate scientific discovery. Through our collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s national labs, we’re making our advanced AI models available to researchers pushing the frontiers of science and technology while strengthening U.S. leadership in AI. 

Together, we organized a “1,000 Scientist AI Jam Session”—a first-of-its-kind event taking place today across nine national labs, bringing together over 1,000 scientists for a day to use AI to accelerate scientific discovery. 

Nine national labs spanning the country—including Argonne, Berkeley, Brookhaven, Idaho, Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Princeton Plasma Physics—are participating in the event. Researchers will use frontier AI models, including OpenAI’s o3‑mini, to test problems in their respective scientific domains, evaluate model responses, and share feedback to improve future AI systems so that they are built with scientists’ needs in mind. Findings from the event will be shared in a follow-up report about how AI models can be used by the scientific community. 

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright will join OpenAI President and Co-Founder Greg Brockman at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to visit with scientists participating in today’s event and discuss the importance of ensuring America continues to lead the world in scientific and technical innovation.

“Advancing scientific research is one of the most promising applications of AI. We’re proud to work with the U.S. national labs to put our advanced technology into the hands of our country’s top scientists. OpenAI believes working closely with the U.S. government is essential to unlocking AI’s full potential.  I want to thank Secretary Wright for his commitment to ensuring the U.S. continues to lead on AI, including through public-private collaborations like today’s event.”  - Greg Brockman, OpenAI President and Co-Founder