Congratulations to AI2050 Senior Fellow Dr. Kelly Chibale for being honored as a Distinguished International Fellow by the @astmh.bsky.social, recognizing his contributions to tropical medicine, chemistry, drug discovery, and global health.

We're excited to welcome 28 new AI2050 Fellows! This 4th cohort of researchers are pursuing projects that include building AI scientists, designing trustworthy models, and improving biological and medical research, among other areas.

This Halloween, step into the world of weird science. Explore AI2050 Fellow Sam Kriegman’s work on xenobots — tiny living machines built from biological cells and the algorithms that invent them . Learn more about Sam’s work as an AI2050 Fellow > buff.ly/lm8iTqn

Astronomers including Schmidt Sciences’ Arpita Roy & Guðmundur Stefánsson have discovered a “super-Earth” orbiting a nearby star 20 light-years away. GJ 251 c lies in the habitable zone — a prime target in the search for life beyond our solar system. Read more: buff.ly/j8eSD3p

When AI shapes decisions in healthcare, finance, or policy, how do we know it’s working as intended? AI2050 Fellow and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Assistant Professor Amanda Coston develops methods to make AI more transparent, accountable, and fair. ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...

How can we design AI that truly supports people? AI2050 Fellow and Stanford Professor Fei-Fei Li is pioneering human-centered approaches to AI — from robots that assist in daily life to systems that enhance human dignity and well-being. Read more: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...

Could life exist in the clouds of Venus? The Morning Star mission, led by MIT’s @saraseager.bsky.social and supported by Schmidt Sciences, will send a probe to search for organic molecules in Venus’s atmosphere. Read more about the mission: nautil.us/seeking-sign... #WorldSpaceWeek #WSW2025

Turning cosmic data into discovery. LINCC Frameworks, a Schmidt Sciences grantee, powers Rubin Observatory’s nightly 20TB sky survey—recently spotting 2,000+ new asteroids in just 10 hours. This is science at scale. Read the article: nautil.us/creating-a-c... #WorldSpaceWeek #WSW2025

Excited to share the latest issue of Nautilus, created in partnership with Schmidt Sciences, which profiles just a handful of the many scientists we support in their pursuit of discovery. www.schmidtsciences.org/wp-content/u...

AI is shaping high-stakes decisions every day. But can it explain itself? AI2050 Early Career Fellow and Assistant Professor at @harvard.edu, Hima Lakkaraju, is closing the gap between policy and practice for trustworthy AI. Read more: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...

We're investing $45M over 5 years to launch the Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle (VICC). Four global teams will combine AI, advanced observations & modeling to close major carbon cycle gaps, strengthening climate projections worldwide. 🔗 buff.ly/8WVpM9s WIRED coverage: buff.ly/YsLAcRZ

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...