America’s national labs have always been at the forefront of scientific developments and breakthroughs, so it should come as no surprise that artificial intelligence is an integral part of their scientific process and American national security.

Scripps News national security correspondent Liz Landers caught up with Dr. Kimberly Budil, director of Lawrence Livermore National Lab, at the AI+ Expo in Washington, D.C.

Landers visited the lab last spring and spoke with Budil about how the lab ensures the effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

Below is a transcript of their conversation at the expo:

Dr. Budil, your lab has reached ignition, we understand again. Tell me about that experiment, what happened, how much energy was output, and how did it happen?

So, we just had our eighth

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