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Snorkel AISnorkel AI

Scaling trust: rubrics in Snorkel’s quality process

An in-depth look at Snorkel AI's rubric-driven quality process that combines human expertise and LLM evaluators to scale trustworthy, high-quality AI data pipelines efficiently.

10/16/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

Method teaches generative AI models to locate personalized objects

A novel training method enhances vision-language models to accurately locate personalized objects using context-driven video-tracking data and pseudo-naming techniques without compromising general model capabilities.

10/16/2025
MetaMeta

10X Backbone: How Meta Is Scaling Backbone Connectivity for AI

Meta details its 10X scaling of the Express Backbone network through DC metro architecture, IP platform scaling, and IP/optical integration to meet growing AI workload demands and enable large-scale AI cluster connectivity.

10/16/2025
MetaMeta

Branching in a Sapling Monorepo

Sapling introduces directory branching to overcome scalability and developer experience challenges in Meta's monorepo by enabling mergeable, linear commit workflows at the directory level.

10/16/2025
DuolingoDuolingo

3 tips to improve your opening moves in chess

Enhance your chess skills by mastering piece development, controlling the center, and protecting your king through strategic castling in the opening phase.

10/16/2025
The New York TimesThe New York Times

Designing a Digital New York Times Museum

A case study on turning a physical New York Times museum into a digital, remote-friendly experience using photogrammetry to create a 3D environment, a spatial UI, guided tours, and interactive artifacts that tell stories with editorial integrity.

10/15/2025
The New York TimesThe New York Times

Designing a Digital New York Times Museum

Five NYT product design interns create a photogrammetry-based digital NYT Museum with a guided, spatial-UI experience, immersive interactive artifacts, and a chronological tour for remote employees, resulting in award-winning storytelling and scalable design patterns.

10/15/2025
The New York TimesThe New York Times

Designing a Digital New York Times Museum

Case study of five NYT product design interns who built a photogrammetry-based 3D digital museum with a guided tour, spatial UI, and interactive artifacts to recreate the NYT’s physical museum experience for remote employees.

10/15/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Plex Coffee delivers fast service and personal connections with ChatGPT Business

Plex Coffee leverages ChatGPT Business to automate knowledge sharing, streamline onboarding, and enhance operations, enabling faster service and stronger personal connections while scaling their café chain.

10/15/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

Blending neuroscience, AI, and music to create mental health innovations

Kimaya Lecamwasam integrates neuroscience, AI, and music to develop innovative, non-pharmacological mental health interventions through emotional resonance and affective computing.

10/15/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

Remembering Professor Emerita Jeanne Shapiro  Bamberger, a pioneer in music education

Remembering Professor Emerita Jeanne Shapiro Bamberger's pioneering contributions to music education through technology, AI, and computer languages, along with her lasting impact as a mentor and performer.

10/15/2025
SalesforceSalesforce

Creating Data Cloud One: Enterprise Metadata Synchronization Across 850+ Orgs in Days, Not Weeks

Data Cloud One enables centralized, strongly consistent metadata synchronization across 850+ Salesforce orgs with scalable performance, reducing multi-org deployment time from weeks to days through a distributed hub-and-spoke architecture and outbox pattern implementation.

10/15/2025