Partnership

From Atari to EVE Online: Building on 15 Years of AI Research in Games

These advancements could provide gamers with more adaptive NPCs and companions while offering developers better automated testing tools. Historically, game-based AI research has led to real-world scientific breakthroughs like protein structure prediction.

• The partnership leverages EVE Online, EVE Vanguard, and EVE Frontier as research environments for continual learning, memory, long-horizon planning, and multi-agent dynamics.
• The collaboration has already produced the Aura Guidance system in EVE Online powered by Gemini.
• Research starts in an offline sandbox instance of EVE Online before progressing to EVE Frontier.

Secihti and AMD to Develop AI and Supercomputing Talent in Mexico

This collaboration helps Mexico build domestic technology solutions and a specialized workforce rather than relying solely on external tools. It provides researchers with advanced computing capabilities to accelerate discoveries in fields like biology, climate, and energy.

• Undersecretary Celina Peña Guzmán and AMD Senior Vice President Keith Strier signed the memorandum of understanding.
• The agreement coordinates academic activities, workshops, seminars, and initiatives to strengthen Mexico's scientific and technological development.
• Aims to consolidate a national innovation ecosystem and develop domestic specialized talent in AI and high-performance computing.
• Supports national initiatives such as the Coatlicue supercomputer and the National High-Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence Cluster.

Partnering with CodeAI to prepare the first AI generation

It helps bridge the gap between using AI and understanding it, enabling students to critically evaluate outputs for their future careers.

• Announced August 18, 2026, alongside the launch of ChatGPT for Teens.
• OpenAI and CodeAI will establish a joint advisory council on child development, youth public policy, and learning science.
• The partnership includes the Hour of AI literacy program, the first-ever Builders Challenge, and Career Journeys for students.
• OpenAI will support CodeAI's development of AI Foundations, CodeAI's free, year-long high school course.

NASA Data Feeds River Forecasts as Snow Drought Effects Linger

These predictions allow utilities like Tacoma Power to maintain reliable electricity for over 151,000 homes while managing public safety during floods and droughts.

• NASA transitioned from providing background satellite data to formally helping produce and author the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor assessment.
• The agency took its first turn authoring the national Drought Monitor during the week of August 17, 2026.

Samsung and Care New England Transform Labor and Delivery Care with Innovative Display Ecosystem

Patients can personalize their rooms with entertainment for a more comfortable stay, while clinicians receive real-time data updates that eliminate manual whiteboard coordination.

• Samsung and Care New England deployed an integrated network of roughly 3,500 displays across patient rooms, staff collaboration areas, and command centers at Women & Infants Hospital.
• The installation includes 200 HCU7030 Healthcare TVs, nearly 3,000 Borderless 100Hz Business Monitors, 85-inch QMC displays, 98-inch Crystal UHD displays, and custom The Wall All-in-One LED installations.
• The display ecosystem integrates with the hospital electronic health record platform to provide real-time patient updates and eliminate manual whiteboards.

Working with the American Psychological Association on youth mental health and AI

As teenagers increasingly use AI for advice, this partnership helps ensure tools are safe and provides parents and clinicians with guidance to protect youth well-being.

• Co-hosted a convening with mental health organizations, researchers, clinicians, educators, and youth representatives.
• Developing family-facing guidance and tools for parents, caregivers, clinicians, and school psychologists.
• Building on OpenAI's safety work with over 260 mental health experts.

Expanding our partnership with Cognizant | Anthropic \ Anthropic

This allows companies in industries like manufacturing and life sciences to automate manual tasks, reducing operational time and increasing process accuracy.

• Cognizant is embedding Claude across Flowsource, Neuro AI Engineering, and Neuro IT Ops platforms.
• More than 30,000 Cognizant associates have completed Claude training as part of the Frontier Certified workforce model.
• Cognizant became a Global Premier Partner in the Claude Partner Network.

3M and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership to deploy 3M Expanded Beam Optical technology in Azure data centers and implement Microsoft AI for 3M's enterprise transformation.

• Microsoft will become the first hyperscale cloud provider to deploy 3M's Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) technology in Azure data centers.
• 3M will adopt Microsoft's AI and digital platforms across key business functions like customer service, finance, sales, and marketing.
• Microsoft Frontier Company engineers will assist 3M's Global Business Services team to automate customer order management.

State of Open Models: Summer 2026 Observations

Increased optimization and permissive licensing allow developers to run frontier-scale models on consumer hardware, lowering barriers to high-performance AI.

• The ggml team joined Hugging Face in February 2026 to back the local inference ecosystem with durable resources.
• The project remains fully open-source, community-governed, and in the same technical direction.