NVIDIA GTC 2026 showcases major advances in physical AI with new frontier models (Cosmos 3, Isaac GR00T N1.7, Alpamayo 1.5) and infrastructure blueprints for scaling robots, vehicles, and factories. The event highlights how virtual worlds and digital twins are enabling enterprise-level physical AI deployments across industries.
MIT held a symposium on AI's societal impact where journalist Karen Hao and scholar Paola Ricaurte advocated for shifting away from massive-scale AI development toward smaller, task-specific models like AlphaFold that address specific problems with curated data and lower environmental costs.
MIT and Hasso Plattner Institute launch a 10-year collaborative hub (MHACH) focused on AI and creativity, fostering interdisciplinary research and educational programs at the intersection of computing, design, and artificial intelligence.
NVIDIA GTC 2026 keynote highlights the 20th anniversary of CUDA, introduces DLSS 5 with AI-powered neural rendering, and surveys NVIDIA's accelerated computing platforms across automotive, healthcare, robotics, and other sectors. CEO Jensen Huang projects $1 trillion in computing revenue from 2025-2027 driven by massive AI demand.
OpenAI announces Grove Cohort 2, a five-week in-person program in San Francisco for early-stage founders interested in building AI companies, offering mentorship from OpenAI researchers, early access to tools/models, and networking opportunities with ~15 participants.
OpenAI Academy is launching the Small Business AI Jam, a nationwide hands-on workshop partnering with DoorDash and SCORE to help over 1,000 small business owners across five major cities build practical AI tools for their specific needs. Participants will work with OpenAI mentors to create ready-to-use AI applications for tasks like marketing, customer communication, and business operations.
OpenAI announces its third annual DevDay on October 6, 2025, at Fort Mason in San Francisco, bringing together over 1,500 developers with keynotes from Sam Altman and Greg Brockman. Attendance costs $650, with a livestreamed keynote for those unable to attend in person.
OpenAI is hosting a nationwide Nonprofit Jam event bringing together 1,000+ nonprofit leaders across 10 locations to learn practical applications of generative AI for their organizations. Participants receive 12 months of free ChatGPT Plus access and training through OpenAI Academy in partnership with the Walton Family Foundation and Emerson Collective.
OpenAI organized a "1,000 Scientist AI Jam Session" across nine U.S. Department of Energy national labs, bringing together over 1,000 scientists to test advanced AI models like o3-mini for accelerating scientific discovery. The event demonstrates a major public-private collaboration aimed at strengthening U.S. AI leadership while addressing research challenges in materials science, renewable energy, and astrophysics.
OpenAI hosted a webinar on December 9, 2024, focused on integrating AI tools and capabilities into product team workflows.
Google DeepMind announces their presence at NeurIPS 2024 with over 100 papers covering adaptive AI agents, 3D scene creation, and LLM training safety, including Test of Time awards for influential foundational work and live demonstrations of Gemma Scope and other applications.
OpenAI hosted a webinar on September 30, 2024, focused on using AI to automate and scale financial operations for businesses.
OpenAI hosted a webinar sharing lessons and insights from hundreds of successful AI deployments in production environments, offering practical guidance for organizations implementing AI solutions.
OpenAI hosted a webinar on August 26, 2024, focused on fine-tuning GPT-4o models for business applications.
OpenAI hosted a webinar on August 8, 2024 demonstrating how employees can use ChatGPT Enterprise for data analysis and business insights.
Machine Learning @ Berkeley has launched a new high school workshop initiative called GREP to make machine learning education more accessible and inclusive for students of all backgrounds.
OpenAI announced its first developer conference, OpenAI DevDay, scheduled for November 6, 2023 in San Francisco, where developers will preview new tools and hear from OpenAI's technical team. The event aims to bring together hundreds of developers using OpenAI's APIs including GPT-4, GPT-3.5, DALL·E, and Whisper.
OpenAI and UC Berkeley's workshop on Confidence-Building Measures for Artificial Intelligence brought together stakeholders to develop strategies for mitigating geopolitical risks from foundation models, identifying six key CBMs including crisis hotlines, incident sharing, model transparency, content provenance, red teaming, and dataset sharing.
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic launch the Frontier Model Forum to coordinate on AI safety standards, research, and information sharing among industry, government, and civil society. The initiative focuses on identifying best practices, advancing AI safety research, and establishing secure mechanisms for sharing safety-related information.
OpenAI announces a new Residency program offering a six-month pathway to full-time employment for researchers and engineers transitioning into AI, with participants compensated as salaried employees and support for diverse, unconventional backgrounds.