Kai Wang, an AI2050 Fellow at Georgia Tech, designs machine learning solutions for nonprofits tackling maternal health and migrant worker challenges. His approach: cultural context over algorithmic complexity. Read more: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...

Our founder @wendyschmidt.bsky.social made @forbes.com's 2025 Sustainability Leaders list. Highlighting how Schmidt Sciences, @schmidtocean.bsky.social and @schmidtfellows.bsky.social advance climate research and discovery through interdisciplinary programs for global benefit: buff.ly/LUokevC

How can AI prevent grid failures in renewable energy? Priya Donti, 2023 AI2050 Fellow, develops machine learning algorithms that balance unpredictable solar/wind power with demand in real-time. Read the Q&A: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...

How will AI reshape jobs—not just replace them? Daniel Rock, 2023 AI2050 Early Career Fellow at Wharton, studies how AI transforms individual tasks within jobs and is building a model to track those shifts. Read the Q&A: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...

As renewable energy scales, the challenge is how to store and deploy it reliably. AI2050 Fellow Gege Wen is using AI trained on gas-storage experiments and CT scans of rock cores to advance subsurface energy storage. Learn more: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...

East Antarctica is emerging as a surface melt hotspot. In Nature Climate Change, Schmidt Sciences’ Alexandra Boghosian spotlights new research revealing rising meltwater ponding driven by atmospheric shifts. Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Addressing the lack of geographical and cultural diversity in AI is crucial for creating robust and equitable technology. Read our Q&A with 2023 AI2050 Early Career Fellow Danish Pruthi on "geocultural bias" in AI models and how he's working to solve it: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...

We’re joining a global AI Alignment Project to direct up to $20M toward safe and secure AI. Grants of up to $1.3M per project will support researchers building tools to ensure AI aligns with human values. Learn More: buff.ly/Ojkazfn #AISafety #AIResearch

What will it take to build AI that can adapt, generalize, and truly learn from limited experience? AI2050 Early Career Fellow Chelsea Finn is pushing the boundaries of meta-learning to build adaptive, generalizable AI. Read her vision for the future of real-world intelligence: buff.ly/LjsuwNW

Our AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellows took part in a hands-on workshop focused on transforming their research into compelling stories. We love learning about the exciting work our grantees are doing—and growing together through science communication training. 📍 @utoronto.ca

How can we build AI systems the world can trust? AI2050 Early Career Fellow Nicolas Papernot explores how cryptographic audits and verifiability can make machine learning more transparent, accountable, and aligned with societal values. Read the full perspective: buff.ly/JjTnRjm

In aviation, safety is built in from the start. @stanford.edu's Mykel Kochenderfer brings that mindset to AI—stress-testing systems for trust & reliability. Learn how our AI Safety Science program is helping to make AI safer: www.schmidtsciences.org/safetyscience/ #AIAppreciationDay

As World Ocean Month comes to a close, Schmidt Sciences recognizes the Ocean's fundamental role as Earth's climate regulator and we're working toward tackling a critical question: Can the ocean continue absorbing carbon at current rates? #WorldOceanMonth 🧵

As World Ocean Month comes to a close, Schmidt Sciences recognizes the Ocean's fundamental role as Earth's climate regulator and we're working toward tackling a critical question: Can the ocean continue absorbing carbon at current rates? #WorldOceanMonth 🧵

Schmidt Sciences Program Scientist Thomas Wevers recently delivered a talk at the European Space Astronomy Center in Madrid about one of the universe's most dramatic events: what happens when a star meets a black hole.

With usable catch down 59% and 2 million livelihoods at stake, the Ocean Margins Initiative (OMI), a Schmidt Sciences OBVI grantee, is conducting the first comprehensive oceanographic study of Ghana's coastal waters in modern times. www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feat...

Happy #WorldOceanDay 🌊 Today we celebrate the ocean that sustains all life on Earth. From the smallest marine organisms to the vast currents that shape our climate, our ocean is a source of endless wonder and discovery.

Our AI Safety Science grantee Yoshua Bengio launched LawZero—a nonprofit creating "safe by design" AI through "Scientist AI." Building systems that accelerate scientific progress without independent action—AI benefits with human control intact. time.com/7290554/yosh...

Dairy waste is full of untapped value. WAVES, part of Schmidt Sciences' Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future, is developing tech to turn food waste into clean water, energy, feed & more. Learn more about VIFF: www.schmidtsciences.org/viff/ youtube.com/shorts/lopdf...

Should we bring people back to life...digitally? AI advancements allow companies to create simulations of the dead using digital data. This “digital afterlife industry” promises a form of immortality, but at what cost? More in our AI2050 Perspectives: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...

We are excited to announce our 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows! 32 early career researchers, nominated by the world’s leading research universities, who will take an interdisciplinary approach to advancing discovery schmidtsciencefellows.org/news/2025-fe...

Submissions are being accepted until March 31 for the #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social which honor science communicators, journalists, and researchers. youtu.be/dNGaH-jqkAs Apply now: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel...

“We study humanities for much the same reason we study science: to gain knowledge of our world and our role within it.” —Wendy Schmidt Our new Humanities and AI Virtual Institute is now accepting EOIs. To learn more and apply, visit: www.schmidtsciences.org/humanities-a...

Calling AI safety researchers: What is the most critical technical AI safety problem in the inference-time compute paradigm? Apply for up to $500K for 12-18-month research projects on this new paradigm. 📅EOIs (up to 500 words) due April 30: schmidtsciences.org/safetyscience/

Can AI help unravel the complex dance between air, sea, and ice? Using AI, the M²LInES project aims to advance climate modeling by enhancing representations of air-sea-ice dynamics, like clouds and turbulence, leading to more reliable climate predictions. youtu.be/PlSjyvyM1qA

“Data is noisy — astronomy data especially.” Dr. Jeremy Kubica explains how the Schmidt Sciences-supported LINCC Frameworks is developing software to manage the complexity of astronomy data, enabling scientists to work more efficiently. Listen on Spacepod: www.listentospacepod.com/episodes/202...

A century ago, automobiles lacked safety features we take for granted. Research, regulation, and investment – including philanthropic support – established safety standards for cars. We believe philanthropy can play a role in advancing AI safety as well: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/why-ai-...

Submissions are being accepted until March 31 for the awards for excellence in science communication given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social which honor science communicators, journalists, and researchers. Apply now: buff.ly/oh7LYXR

We're proud to have supported the research for ProjectEvident.bsky.social 's new report, "Funding the Future: Grantmaker Strategies in AI Investment," examining funders approach to grantmaking for #AI implementation among nonprofits. Download the full report here: projectevident.org/resource/fun...

Why are polar regions warming faster than the rest of the planet? SASIP, with support from Schmidt Sciences, is tackling this question by combining ML and expertise in physics and software engineering to develop a sea-ice model from scratch: youtu.be/spJfZVLcjkw

Submissions are being accepted until March 31 for the awards for excellence in science communication given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social which honor science communicators, journalists, and researchers. Apply now: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel...

🎨 Avec le projet « Delacroix numérique », Sorbonne Université s'allie à @schmidtsciences.bsky.social pour offrir une nouvelle perspective sur l’œuvre d'Eugène Delacroix, célèbre peintre du XIXe siècle ! 👉 Découvrez ce projet d'humanités numériques annoncé lors du #SommetActionIA : swll.to/5TMogE

In partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, David Autor and I are seeking funding proposals from researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Expressions of interest due March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-pro...

How can understanding methane's past help us reduce global warming today? Using chemical fingerprints –– unique markers that reveal methane’s origins –– along with satellite observations and ML, FETCH₄ is identifying key sources of emissions and how to mitigate them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPom...

How will AI reshape the workplace? Schmidt Sciences is funding early-career researchers to study AI’s effects on jobs, skills, and labor markets. Up to $200K available for field and quasi-experiments. 📅 Apply by March 31 for a $10K Proposal Development Award: www.schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work/

🚀 Exciting Opportunity! 🚀 #AI keeps me up at night. What will happen to work & workers? 🤔 I'm partnering with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers! 💡 🗓️ Apply by March 31 2025 🙏 spread the word! 🔗 Learn more & apply schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work #EconSky

Our new AI Safety Science program will support projects developing well-founded and implementable technical methods for testing and evaluating LLMs. We're excited to announce 27 projects advancing science critical to understanding safety properties of AI: www.schmidtsciences.org/new-10-milli...