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Wendy Schmidt @wendyschmidt.bsky.social · 19h

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...

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · 19h

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.

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Community Perspective - Hima Lakkaraju - AI2050

If you’ve ever made a mistake, chances are, you’ve been asked to explain yourself. While people can easily understand how and why decisions led to something going wrong, Hima Lakkaraju’s research…

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · 5d

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.

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Schmidt Sciences awards $45M to narrow carbon cycle knowledge gap - Schmidt Sciences

Globe-spanning interdisciplinary teams will dramatically improve climate modeling to drive better energy, environmental, economic decision making Contact: Carlie Wiener, [email protected]…

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · 15d

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.

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Community Perspective - Kai Wang - AI2050

While the prospect of working on unfamiliar, complex challenges, often with limited resources, might overwhelm most technologists, Wang isn’t intimidated. “It’s an opportunity to design AI solutions…

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · 17d

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

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · 20d

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.

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Community Perspective - Priya Donti - AI2050

As an academic researcher, Donti builds algorithms for grids powered by renewable energy, combining her long-held aspiration to work on climate solutions with her background in computer science. As a…

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · 29d

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.

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Community Perspective - Daniel Rock - AI2050

Rock asks how, and how much, AI technology will impact the many tasks that comprise a given job — each one may be affected to different extents, changing a job in more nuanced ways than completely…

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Aug 18

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.

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Community Perspective - Gege Wen - AI2050

Q&A with Gege Wen, AI2050 Early Career Fellow

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Aug 7

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.

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East Antarctica slides into the spotlight as surface melt hotspot - Nature Climate Change

Ice-sheet surface melting impacts sea level and ice dynamics. Now two studies provide a wake-up call for monitoring melt in Antarctica.

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Aug 5

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...

Community Perspective - Danish Pruthi - AI2050

Q&A with Danish Pruthi, AI2050 Early Career Fellow

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 30

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.

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Schmidt Sciences joins global research effort to safeguard AI - Schmidt Sciences

UK AISI, Canada AISI, Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, and others collaborate to offer grants, computational power and venture capital to build trust in AI MEDIA CONTACT: Carlie…

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 29

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:

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Community Perspective - Chelsea Finn - AI2050

Everyone makes mistakes — it’s an unavoidable part of learning something new. With the appropriate guidance, being corrected is often a valuable learning opportunity, a chance to identify where we…

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 24

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

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 23

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.

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Community Perspective - Nicolas Papernot - AI2050

As legislation and policy for AI is developed, we are making decisions about the societal values AI systems should uphold. But how do we trust that AI systems are abiding by human values such as…

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 16

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/

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 1

These interdisciplinary investigations will generate essential data on oceanic carbon dynamics and ecosystem adaptation mechanisms—advancing our understanding of marine systems in an era of rapid environmental change.

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Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI) - Schmidt Sciences

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 1

This collaborative effort advances our understanding of ocean carbon cycling and ecosystem resilience across scales—from animal guts to a global ocean—through integrated observations, modeling, and platform development. OBVI connects 60+ researchers across 11 countries through five major projects.

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 1

We're is proud to support scientists conducting critical research aboard the @schmidtocean.bsky.social research vessel, R/V Falkor (too), as part of the Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI).

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 1

Over the past century, the Ocean has absorbed approximately one-third of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. This vital carbon sequestration function, combined with its role as a heat reservoir, places marine systems at the heart of global climate dynamics.

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 1

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 🧵

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 1

This collaborative effort advances our understanding of ocean carbon cycling and ecosystem resilience across scales—from animal guts to a global ocean—through integrated observations, modeling, and platform development. OBVI connects 60+ researchers across 11 countries through five major projects.

Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 1

We're is proud to support scientists conducting critical research aboard the @schmidtocean.bsky.social research vessel, R/V Falkor (too), as part of the Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI).

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 1

Over the past century, the Ocean has absorbed approximately one-third of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. This vital carbon sequestration function, combined with its role as a heat reservoir, places marine systems at the heart of global climate dynamics.

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jul 1

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 🧵

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Schmidt Sciences @schmidtsciences.bsky.social · Jun 30

Why does this matter? Every time we decode these cosmic signals, we learn more about the eating habits of black holes and how they shape the galaxies around them.

Thank you to the @esa.int science faculty for organizing.