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Modular AIModular AI

Modular: Matrix Multiplication on Blackwell: Part 1 - Introduction

An introductory exploration of writing and optimizing matrix multiplication GPU kernels on NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture using Mojo, highlighting architectural advancements and programming paradigms critical for high-performance LLM workloads.

8/28/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

OpenAI and Anthropic share findings from a joint safety evaluation

OpenAI and Anthropic conducted a collaborative safety evaluation of their AI models, comparing performance across instruction hierarchy, jailbreak resistance, hallucination rates, and scheming behavior to advance transparency and improve alignment techniques.

8/27/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Collective alignment: public input on our Model Spec

OpenAI presents a collective alignment approach using global public input to refine and update its Model Spec, ensuring AI behavior reflects diverse human values and priorities through a combination of automated and human-driven processes.

8/27/2025
Jane StreetJane Street

What the interns have wrought, 2025 edition

Highlighting innovative intern projects at Jane Street in 2025, covering optimized SQL evaluation with indexing, advanced OCaml Torch bindings with reference counting, and efficient shared-memory ref-counted object management for trading systems.

8/27/2025
DropboxDropbox

Hack Week 2025: How these engineers liquid-cooled a GPU server

Engineers at Dropbox designed and tested a custom liquid cooling system for GPU servers during Hack Week 2025, achieving significant thermal performance improvements to support next-generation AI workloads efficiently.

8/27/2025
InstacartInstacart

Simplifying Large-Scale LLM Processing across Instacart with Maple

Maple is a scalable, cost-effective batch processing service developed by Instacart to streamline large-scale LLM workflows, automate prompt management, and enable reliable, fault-tolerant AI operations across teams.

8/27/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Helping people when they need it most

ChatGPT is continuously improving its empathetic response and safety measures to support users in mental and emotional distress, including enhanced safeguards, expert collaboration, and expanded crisis intervention features.

8/26/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

Simpler models can outperform deep learning at climate prediction

MIT research reveals that simpler physics-based models can outperform complex deep-learning approaches in regional climate predictions, highlighting the importance of problem-specific modeling and robust benchmarking methods.

8/26/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Announcing the OpenAI Learning Accelerator

OpenAI launches the India-first Learning Accelerator to enhance AI-enabled education through research, training, and widespread ChatGPT access, partnering with leading Indian institutions to empower educators and students.

8/25/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

Can large language models figure out the real world?

Researchers at MIT and Harvard introduce a new metric to evaluate how well large language models and predictive AI systems understand and generalize real-world knowledge beyond mere predictions.

8/25/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

New technologies tackle brain health assessment for the military

Innovative portable technologies like READY and MINDSCAPE leverage biomarkers and VR to provide rapid, sensitive cognitive readiness assessments for military personnel, enhancing brain injury detection and operational health support.

8/25/2025
Lambda LabsLambda Labs

Lambda Builds AI Factories with Supermicro NVIDIA HGX B200 Server Clusters to Deliver Production-ready Next-Gen AI Infrastructure at Scale

Lambda utilizes Supermicro NVIDIA HGX B200 server clusters to rapidly deploy large-scale, energy-efficient AI factories delivering next-generation AI infrastructure and compute solutions at scale.

8/25/2025