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ArXiv has received multiyear funding commitments to ensure its operation as an independent nonprofit, supporting open-access academic publishing.
The International Meteor Organization suffered a cyberattack that took much of its site offline, causing weeks of partial downtime as it transitions to new infrastructure.
A nonprofit named Reflective has published a roadmap outlining the experiments, studies, and infrastructure needed to make informed decisions about deploying solar geoengineering, specifically stratospheric aerosol injection, to address climate change.
A nonprofit study on how OpenAI's AI agents breached Hugging Face's infrastructure was limited in scope due to restrictions, raising concerns about AI security oversight.
The Fermi Explorer Mission announced a spacecraft launch to Alpha Centauri by 2029, using an AI system called Get Physics Done to discover a novel trajectory for the interstellar journey.
MEGA teams are participating in the BRAVE hackathon to support kids' mental health through coding for good.
Microsoft's retirement of a software grant for nonprofits led to data loss for over 170,000 organizations, raising concerns about the company's responsibility and communication.
The Omacom Foundation has launched with $8 million in funding from eight prominent tech leaders to support open-source projects and make a malleable computer experience, like Omarchy Quattro, more widely available, aiming to fulfill the 'Year of Linux on the Desktop'.
The article critiques The Ocean Cleanup initiative for failing to solve plastic pollution and causing harm to marine life, despite its popularity and funding.
Nonprofit Current AI is building open, public AI infrastructure to serve underserved languages and communities, backed by $400M in funding from governments and foundations. It has launched Suno Sutra, an offline AI device supporting 22 Indian languages, and is funding open-source AI projects.
arXiv will spin out from Cornell University to become an independent nonprofit organization, with major funding from the Simons Foundation and Schmidt Sciences, as announced in a blog post.
Anthropic announced it is joining RAISE US as a founding partner, a nonprofit coalition focused on strengthening the American workforce through employer-led action, AI-enabled training, and policy innovation for the transition to transformative AI.
Stripe, Anthropic, and the OpenAI Foundation are backing a new $500-million nonprofit called Intercept aimed at preventing and ultimately eliminating respiratory viruses like the common cold and flu through vaccines and air-cleaning systems.
The Trump administration took down climate.gov, but volunteers and former staff preserved the data and relaunched it as a nonprofit site (climate.us), restoring lost climate information and planning to expand resources.
Watch Duty, the wildfire tracking app, is expanding to include flood alerts, using buoy data and federal agency information to provide real-time push notifications to users in flood-prone areas.
Chef Robotics deploys AI-powered robots to help a San Francisco nonprofit assemble medically tailored meals, addressing volunteer shortages.
Elon Musk claims the judge never ruled on the merits of the OpenAI case, only on a calendar technicality, and announces he will appeal to the Ninth Circuit, arguing that a precedent allowing looted charities would harm charitable giving in America.
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are in court over Musk's lawsuit claiming OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit mission for profit. The trial features testimony from key figures including Satya Nadella and Ilya Sutskever.
Elon Musk lost his landmark lawsuit against OpenAI on statute of limitations grounds, as a federal jury and judge ruled his claims were filed too late. Musk plans to appeal.
Zulip transitions to a nonprofit foundation with the donation of Kandra Labs, ensuring long-term sustainability and independence. Founder Tim Abbott steps back to join Anthropic along with three senior team members.