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Ai2 Launches OlmoEarth: Foundation Models and Open Infrastructure to Tackle the Planet’s Biggest Problems

Built on Ai2’s planet-scale Earth AI models, OlmoEarth Platform unlocks access to real-time earth data and insights to enable organizations to build solutions in service of people and the ...Full Article

IBM and NASA Launch Open-Source AI Model to Forecast Solar Weather

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2025 -- IBM and NASA today unveiled the most advanced open-source foundation model designed to understand high resolution solar observation data and predict how ...Full Article

LLNL and Partners Propose Data-Driven Approach to Bridge AI and Computational Science Models

Amid the ubiquity of large language models (LLMs) and computer vision models, the artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) research community has coalesced around the concept of foundation models. These models ...Full Article

China’s Moonshot AI Releases Trillion Parameter Model Kimi K2

Moonshot AI, a Beijing startup backed by Alibaba, has released a new open weight large language model. Called Kimi K2, the model has one trillion parameters, making it one ...Full Article

Cerebras and Mayo Clinic Unveil Advanced Genomic AI Model

The intersection of AI and healthcare reached an exciting new milestone this week, as a new and groundbreaking genomic foundation model was unveiled at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference ...Full Article

Monterey Data Conference Explores Role of AI Foundation Models in Future of Science

Oct. 22, 2024 -- In science, data is essential. Scientific methods rely on accurate, well-documented data to draw conclusions, test hypotheses, build models, and explain the natural world. Data isn’t ...Full Article

Nvidia’s Newest Foundation Model Can Actually Spell ‘Strawberry’

A new AI model from Nvidia knows just how many R’s are in the word strawberry, a feat that OpenAI’s GPT-4o model has yet to achieve. In what is ...Full Article

Google Extends Vertex with More GenAI Features

Generative AI is taking the world by storm, as organizations discover the myriad ways it can be used to serve and entice customers. With today’s enhancements to Vertex AI, ...Full Article

Nvidia and Snowflake Integration Aims to Bridge the Generative AI and Data Security Gap

As companies begin leveraging generative AI to build custom applications, ensuring their data is securely governed during the development process is proving to be tricky. Data entered into foundation ...Full Article

AWS Launches New $100M Generative AI Innovation Center

As the realm of artificial intelligence expands at a breathtaking pace, organizations around the globe find themselves grappling with a daunting challenge: navigating the vast array of generative AI ...Full Article
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