Abdoulaye Diack
@diack.bsky.social
Program Manager ML & AI @ Google Research | Ex-Google Brain. Speaker (FR/EN)
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(cover photo: Dar Es Saalam, circa 2015)
Abdoulaye.ai
Opinions are my own. He/His
A lot of my retweets and likes are for bookmarking purposes.
🌍 Accra, Ghana
(cover photo: Dar Es Saalam, circa 2015)
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Abdoulaye Diack
@diack.bsky.social
· Nov 30
We recently published an open source dataset of building footprints and height estimations for the Global South. It covers ~2 billion buildings and 8 years of data derived from Sentinel 2 imagery.
Blog: shorturl.at/S8ejc
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2310.11622
Dataset: shorturl.at/FHuQE
Blog: shorturl.at/S8ejc
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2310.11622
Dataset: shorturl.at/FHuQE
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Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution. We are sorry for the impact that it caused to our customers and the Internet. Here's what happened: https://cfl.re/4aw32qy
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution. We are sorry for the impac...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution. We are sorry for the impact that it caused to our customers and the Internet. Here's what happened: https://cfl.re/4aw32qy
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Want to use a modern GPU API on Android without going full Vulkan? #WebGPU is now part of Jetpack! Full flavor, zero barriers. 😉
webgpu | Jetpack | Android Developers
developer.android.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Want to use a modern GPU API on Android without going full Vulkan? #WebGPU is now part of Jetpack! Full flavor, zero barriers. 😉
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Unitree g1 shooting and playing basketball, by Yinhuai from HKUST
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Unitree g1 shooting and playing basketball, by Yinhuai from HKUST
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1/ Why does RL struggle with social dilemmas? How can we ensure that AI learns to cooperate rather than compete?
Introducing our new framework: MUPI (Embedded Universal Predictive Intelligence) which provides a theoretical basis for new cooperative solutions in RL.
Preprint🧵👇
(Paper link below.)
Introducing our new framework: MUPI (Embedded Universal Predictive Intelligence) which provides a theoretical basis for new cooperative solutions in RL.
Preprint🧵👇
(Paper link below.)
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
1/ Why does RL struggle with social dilemmas? How can we ensure that AI learns to cooperate rather than compete?
Introducing our new framework: MUPI (Embedded Universal Predictive Intelligence) which provides a theoretical basis for new cooperative solutions in RL.
Preprint🧵👇
(Paper link below.)
Introducing our new framework: MUPI (Embedded Universal Predictive Intelligence) which provides a theoretical basis for new cooperative solutions in RL.
Preprint🧵👇
(Paper link below.)
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This interesting week started with DeepSeek V3.2!
I just wrote up a technical tour of the predecessors and components that led up to this:
🔗 magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/technical-...
- Multi-Head Latent Attention
- RLVR
- Sparse Attention
- Self-Verification
- GRPO Updates
I just wrote up a technical tour of the predecessors and components that led up to this:
🔗 magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/technical-...
- Multi-Head Latent Attention
- RLVR
- Sparse Attention
- Self-Verification
- GRPO Updates
A Technical Tour of the DeepSeek Models from V3 to V3.2
Understanding How DeepSeek's Flagship Open-Weight Models Evolved
magazine.sebastianraschka.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This interesting week started with DeepSeek V3.2!
I just wrote up a technical tour of the predecessors and components that led up to this:
🔗 magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/technical-...
- Multi-Head Latent Attention
- RLVR
- Sparse Attention
- Self-Verification
- GRPO Updates
I just wrote up a technical tour of the predecessors and components that led up to this:
🔗 magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/technical-...
- Multi-Head Latent Attention
- RLVR
- Sparse Attention
- Self-Verification
- GRPO Updates
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Rich Sutton takes the stage this morning to open our invited speaker series. The pioneer of reinforcement learning brings decades of insight to NeurIPS 2025. buff.ly/bruWGc1 #NeurIPS2025 #NeurIPSanDiego
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Rich Sutton takes the stage this morning to open our invited speaker series. The pioneer of reinforcement learning brings decades of insight to NeurIPS 2025. buff.ly/bruWGc1 #NeurIPS2025 #NeurIPSanDiego
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My baby #JuliaLang package got an award!
DifferentiationInterface.jl just received a national prize for open-source research software and I couldn't be prouder. We started this from a vague dream with @adrianhill.de, and reached 1000 dependents and 100k downloads last month.
Research != just papers.
DifferentiationInterface.jl just received a national prize for open-source research software and I couldn't be prouder. We started this from a vague dream with @adrianhill.de, and reached 1000 dependents and 100k downloads last month.
Research != just papers.
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
My baby #JuliaLang package got an award!
DifferentiationInterface.jl just received a national prize for open-source research software and I couldn't be prouder. We started this from a vague dream with @adrianhill.de, and reached 1000 dependents and 100k downloads last month.
Research != just papers.
DifferentiationInterface.jl just received a national prize for open-source research software and I couldn't be prouder. We started this from a vague dream with @adrianhill.de, and reached 1000 dependents and 100k downloads last month.
Research != just papers.
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📢 WebGPU is now officially supported across Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari → goo.gle/3MmN7Rj
Access high-performance 3D graphics and AI capabilities right in the browser with this major milestone.
Access high-performance 3D graphics and AI capabilities right in the browser with this major milestone.
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📢 WebGPU is now officially supported across Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari → goo.gle/3MmN7Rj
Access high-performance 3D graphics and AI capabilities right in the browser with this major milestone.
Access high-performance 3D graphics and AI capabilities right in the browser with this major milestone.
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Incredible footage of volcanic eruption of a dormant volcano in Ethiopia from a commercial plane.
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Incredible footage of volcanic eruption of a dormant volcano in Ethiopia from a commercial plane.
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
Storm over Sri Lanka based on the Weather Lab's experimental model ensemble mean.
deepmind.google.com/science/go/A...
deepmind.google.com/science/go/A...
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Storm over Sri Lanka based on the Weather Lab's experimental model ensemble mean.
deepmind.google.com/science/go/A...
deepmind.google.com/science/go/A...
First Sentinel-5 images: Air pollution two weeks ago in Angola, South Africa, and The Central African Republic.
2) Nitrogen dioxide over South Africa. High concentrations can be seen in the Highveld region which likely come from coal-fired power stations. Nitrogen dioxide is a major air pollutant produced primarily by human activity such as traffic, power generation, industrial processes, cooking & heating. 😷
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
First Sentinel-5 images: Air pollution two weeks ago in Angola, South Africa, and The Central African Republic.
Google Flood Hub models shows severe riverine flood risks for Northern Sri Lanka this weekend. (Nov 29–30, 2025)
sites.research.google/floods/l/8.2...
(Flood conditions are approximate and are for informational purposes only. Check official sources for more information.)
sites.research.google/floods/l/8.2...
(Flood conditions are approximate and are for informational purposes only. Check official sources for more information.)
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Google Flood Hub models shows severe riverine flood risks for Northern Sri Lanka this weekend. (Nov 29–30, 2025)
sites.research.google/floods/l/8.2...
(Flood conditions are approximate and are for informational purposes only. Check official sources for more information.)
sites.research.google/floods/l/8.2...
(Flood conditions are approximate and are for informational purposes only. Check official sources for more information.)
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Thrilled to present HyperMARL at #NeurIPS2025 in San Diego next week! 🚀 (Amos will present at
@euripsconf.bsky.social too.)
TL;DR: Coupling obs and agent IDs can hurt performance in MARL. Agent-conditioned hypernets cleanly decouple grads and enable specialisation.
📜: arxiv.org/abs/2412.04233
@euripsconf.bsky.social too.)
TL;DR: Coupling obs and agent IDs can hurt performance in MARL. Agent-conditioned hypernets cleanly decouple grads and enable specialisation.
📜: arxiv.org/abs/2412.04233
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thrilled to present HyperMARL at #NeurIPS2025 in San Diego next week! 🚀 (Amos will present at
@euripsconf.bsky.social too.)
TL;DR: Coupling obs and agent IDs can hurt performance in MARL. Agent-conditioned hypernets cleanly decouple grads and enable specialisation.
📜: arxiv.org/abs/2412.04233
@euripsconf.bsky.social too.)
TL;DR: Coupling obs and agent IDs can hurt performance in MARL. Agent-conditioned hypernets cleanly decouple grads and enable specialisation.
📜: arxiv.org/abs/2412.04233
Look at the size of Melissa.
Every Category 4 and 5 Atlantic hurricane since 2020, all together, in one group photo.
H/t to @ferragamowx.bsky.social for the inspiration.
H/t to @ferragamowx.bsky.social for the inspiration.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Look at the size of Melissa.
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Excited to announce our book “Neuroevolution: Harnessing Creativity in AI Agent Design” by Sebastian Risi, Yujin Tang, Risto Miikkulainen, and myself. We explore decades of work on evolving intelligent agents and shows how neuroevolution can drive creativity in deep learning, RL, LLMs and AI Agents!
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Excited to announce our book “Neuroevolution: Harnessing Creativity in AI Agent Design” by Sebastian Risi, Yujin Tang, Risto Miikkulainen, and myself. We explore decades of work on evolving intelligent agents and shows how neuroevolution can drive creativity in deep learning, RL, LLMs and AI Agents!
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Hurricane Melissa produced the fastest hurricane winds to be recorded by a dropsonde, verified by reviewing data at NSF NCAR! Hurricane Melissa’s 252 mph wind gust surpassed the previous record from Typhoon Megi over the Western Pacific in 2010, where a dropsonde measured wind gusts of 248 mph.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hurricane Melissa produced the fastest hurricane winds to be recorded by a dropsonde, verified by reviewing data at NSF NCAR! Hurricane Melissa’s 252 mph wind gust surpassed the previous record from Typhoon Megi over the Western Pacific in 2010, where a dropsonde measured wind gusts of 248 mph.
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HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
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I’m really excited about our release of Gemini 3 today, the result of hard work by many, many people in the Gemini team and all across Google! 🎊
blog.google/products/gem...
Gemini 3 performs quite well on a wide range of benchmarks.
blog.google/products/gem...
Gemini 3 performs quite well on a wide range of benchmarks.
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I’m really excited about our release of Gemini 3 today, the result of hard work by many, many people in the Gemini team and all across Google! 🎊
blog.google/products/gem...
Gemini 3 performs quite well on a wide range of benchmarks.
blog.google/products/gem...
Gemini 3 performs quite well on a wide range of benchmarks.
Very detailed RCA. Kudos to them.
On November 18 Cloudflare experienced a service outage. Here's a detailed breakdown of what happened. https://cfl.re/43Bw8AI
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
blog.cloudflare.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Very detailed RCA. Kudos to them.
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Pelican Riding a Bike 🚲
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Pelican Riding a Bike 🚲
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Gemini 3 is available in Google AI Studio.
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Gemini 3 is available in Google AI Studio.
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Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers. Further detail will be provided as more information becomes available. Follow our updates here: www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8g...
Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
Cloudflare's Status Page - Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues.
www.cloudflarestatus.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers. Further detail will be provided as more information becomes available. Follow our updates here: www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8g...
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What happens when you combine 10 years of brain data with one of the world’s fastest supercomputers?
A virtual mouse cortex simulation, thanks to a global collaboration.
🧠📈 https://alleninstitute.org/news/one-of-worlds-most-detailed-virtual-brain-simulations-is-changing-how-we-study-the-brain/
A virtual mouse cortex simulation, thanks to a global collaboration.
🧠📈 https://alleninstitute.org/news/one-of-worlds-most-detailed-virtual-brain-simulations-is-changing-how-we-study-the-brain/
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
What happens when you combine 10 years of brain data with one of the world’s fastest supercomputers?
A virtual mouse cortex simulation, thanks to a global collaboration.
🧠📈 https://alleninstitute.org/news/one-of-worlds-most-detailed-virtual-brain-simulations-is-changing-how-we-study-the-brain/
A virtual mouse cortex simulation, thanks to a global collaboration.
🧠📈 https://alleninstitute.org/news/one-of-worlds-most-detailed-virtual-brain-simulations-is-changing-how-we-study-the-brain/