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Modular AIModular AI

Modular: Matrix Multiplication on Blackwell: Part 2 - Using Hardware Features to Optimize Matmul

Leverage advanced Blackwell GPU hardware features such as TMA, tcgen05 tensor cores, shared memory swizzling, and tensor memory to optimize matrix multiplication, achieving significant performance improvements over naive implementations.

9/5/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Expanding economic opportunity with AI

OpenAI is expanding economic opportunity by launching AI-focused job and certification platforms to upskill workers and connect them with employers, promoting broad access and fluency in AI.

9/4/2025
StripeStripe

Introducing Tempo, the payments-first blockchain

Tempo is a payments-first, EVM-compatible blockchain designed for optimized stablecoin transactions with low fees, high scalability, and enhanced privacy, developed through collaboration with industry leaders.

9/4/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

A greener way to 3D print stronger stuff

SustainaPrint is an innovative software and hardware toolkit that enhances 3D printing sustainability by strategically reinforcing eco-friendly filaments with stronger materials using finite element analysis to balance environmental impact with mechanical performance.

9/4/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

3 Questions: The pros and cons of synthetic data in AI

Explores the advantages, challenges, and applications of synthetic data in AI, emphasizing privacy preservation, data augmentation, and the importance of validation metrics to ensure model performance and mitigate bias.

9/3/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

A new generative AI approach to predicting chemical reactions

MIT researchers developed FlowER, a generative AI model integrating physical constraints like mass and electron conservation to improve the accuracy of chemical reaction predictions using bond-electron matrix representations and large-scale experimental data.

9/3/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Building more helpful ChatGPT experiences for everyone

OpenAI is enhancing ChatGPT to better support mental health and well-being through expert partnerships, advanced reasoning models, expanded crisis interventions, and strengthened teen protections including parental controls in a 120-day initiative.

9/2/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Vijaye Raji to become CTO of Applications with acquisition of Statsig

Vijaye Raji joins OpenAI as CTO of Applications following the acquisition of Statsig, aiming to enhance AI-driven product engineering, experimentation, and reliable scalable systems for ChatGPT and beyond.

9/2/2025
Snorkel AISnorkel AI

The right tool for the job: An A-Z of rubrics

An in-depth exploration of rubric design for evaluating generative AI outputs, detailing types, measurement granularity, specificity, process vs. outcome evaluation, and methods including human, LLM, code-based, and reward model assessments.

9/2/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

3 Questions: On biology and medicine’s “data revolution”

Exploring the transformative impact of machine learning on biology and medicine, focusing on causal inference, multi-omics data integration, and innovative predictive models driving the next era of biomedical research.

9/2/2025
Berkeley AIBerkeley AI

What exactly does word2vec learn?

A closed-form theory revealing that word2vec learns word embeddings through sequential low-rank approximations equivalent to PCA on a matrix derived from corpus co-occurrence statistics.

9/1/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Supporting nonprofit and community innovation

OpenAI launches a $50M People-First AI Fund to support U.S.-based nonprofits applying innovative AI solutions for community impact and public good.

8/28/2025