AI & ML Research 24 Hours

Last updated: August 25, 2026, 2:42 PM ET

AI & ML Research

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar detailed how advances across chips, compute, models, and products compound to deliver more useful intelligence at greater scale and lower cost. The company also unveiled Jalapeño, a custom inference chip delivering 15–41x faster, more power-efficient AI inference with higher throughput for modern models.

Databases & Systems

A practical guide demonstrates how recursive CTEs navigate hierarchies, find routes, detect cycles, and calculate degrees of separation—positioning SQL's hidden graph traversal engine as a powerful tool for engineering workflows.

AI in the Physical World

At a robot "carnival" in Shanghai, humanoid robots showcased China's push to embed AI into physical systems, part of a national strategy to bring the technology into daily life. Separately, researchers are mining spiderwebs for environmental DNA, offering a new way to gauge biodiversity, track migration, and spot invasive species.

Security & Policy

OpenAI disrupted a Russian covert influence campaign, banning accounts that used AI to promote a fake Israel-based think tank and a "sovereignty" index praising Russia while criticizing the West.