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  1. The Next Phase of Aurora: Open and Collaborative AI for Weather and Climate Forecasting  

    November 13, 2025 | Juan M. Lavista Ferres

    Around the world, the dangers of extreme weather are a daily reality. In 2024, extreme weather displaced or disrupted the lives of more than 800,000 people worldwide —a reminder that accurate, timely forecasts aren’t just about data; they’re about people. From farmers deciding when to plant to coastal communities preparing for hurricanes, better forecasting can save lives, protect infrastructure, and support economies. 

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    DocReward: Advancing professional document design through AI evaluation 

    November 12, 2025

    In recent years, as the shift toward agentic AI has accelerated, automation has advanced to handle increasingly complex tasks, from document and code generation to image creation, visual understanding, and mathematical reasoning. This trend points to the growing need to transform traditional software into intelligent…

  4. SPARROW 

    November 12, 2025

    SPARROW, developed by Microsoft's AI for Good Lab, is an AI-powered edge computing solution designed to monitor and protect wildlife in the most remote regions of the world. Solar-powered and equipped with advanced sensors, it collects biodiversity data—from camera traps, acoustic monitors, and other environmental detectors—that are…

  5. CalcLM: Agent Grid 

    November 12, 2025

    Prototype experimenting with agents in a grid UI -- simple, open experiment that illustrates how agent workflows might live in a grid-like surface.

  6. Magentic Marketplace 

    November 12, 2025

    Magentic Marketplace is an open-source simulation environment for exploring the numerous possibilities of agentic markets and their societal implications at scale. It provides a foundation for studying these markets and guiding them toward outcomes that benefit everyone.

  7. MMCTAgent 

    November 12, 2025

    MMCTAgent (Multi-modal Critical Thinking Agent) is a state-of-the-art multi-modal AI framework that brings human-like critical thinking to visual reasoning tasks. it combines advanced planning, self-critique, and tool-based reasoning to deliver superior performance in complex image and video understanding applications.

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    Technology for Religious Empowerment 

    November 12, 2025 | E. Glen Weyl, Weishung Liu, and Nina Lutz

    Exploring how technology can empower religious individuals and organizations to achieve more in living their values Religion and faith shape systems of thought, values, social organization, identity, and politics for billions worldwide (opens in new tab). Yet, despite the centrality to human experience, the intersection…

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    Advancing AI to meet needs of the global majority 

    November 12, 2025

    AI tools can perform poorly in non-Western languages and lack critical cultural context for many populations. Project Gecko uses small language models to bring vital expertise to farmers in underserved areas using local languages and multi-modal content.

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    Advancing AI to meet needs of the global majority 

    November 12, 2025

    AI tools can perform poorly in non-Western languages and lack critical cultural context for many populations. Project Gecko uses small language models to bring vital expertise to farmers in underserved areas using local languages and multi-modal content.

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    Designing safe digital systems for the humanitarian sector 

    November 11, 2025

    Speaker: Carmela Troncoso Host: Betül Durak In this talk we overview our collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross, in which we help them to digitalize their aid distribution process without increasing risks for the aid recipients. We will overview our requirements gathering…