NVIDIA collaborates with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) to launch the Open Multimodal AI Infrastructure to Accelerate Science (OMAI). With NSF contributing $75 million and NVIDIA matching with $77 million, the initiative aims to provide researchers with transparent AI models. Noah Smith from Ai2 states, "This is about creating tools that are powerful, but also fully transparent." The move is seen as crucial for advancing U.S. scientific research.