Austria's new high-performance supercomputer MUSICA was officially inaugurated on Friday. Distributed across Vienna, Linz, and Innsbruck, the system provides expanded computing resources for AI, quantum technologies, and data-intensive research. tirol.orf.at/stories/3361...

Supercomputer startet in Wien, Linz und Tirol

Mit dem Multi-Site Computer Austria (MUSICA) – einem Hochleistungscomputer für die Forschung – steigt Österreich erneut in der Liste der weltweit 100 schnellsten Rechner ein. Der Supercomputer ist mit...

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A long-standing mathematical conjecture has just been challenged by AI. 🧠📐 OpenAI contributed to a breakthrough on Paul Erdős’ Unit Distance Problem, showing new ways of thinking about mathematical discovery. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... arxiv.org/abs/2605.206...

OpenAI makes breakthrough on 80-year-old maths problem

Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoning

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A researcher from the ELLIS Unit Linz just made Austria’s biggest AI exit. 🇦🇹🌍 Johannes Brandstetter, co‑founder of Emmi AI and ELLIS faculty, is joining forces with Mistral AI to build a European industrial AI hub. 🚀 brutkasten.com/artikel/mega...

Mega-Exit: Mistral AI übernimmt Linzer Startup Emmi AI und startet Österreich-Standort | brutkasten

Das erst im Dezember 2024 gegründete Deep-Tech-Startup Emmi AI wird von Mistral AI übernommen. Laut Branchen-Insidern handelt es sich um einen der größten Exits der österreichischen Startup-Geschichte...

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Just to be clear: I helped out with the effective distillation paper... PS: direct arXiv-link: arxiv.org/abs/2603.15590

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💾 ANTiC: Adaptive Neural Temporal In Situ Compressor: lnkd.in/dvTbVTur Huge congratulations to everyone involved! 🎓🌟 @hoedt.bsky.social @hochreitersepp.bsky.social @timobertram.bsky.social @koblererich.bsky.social @mayrandreas.bsky.social @jobrandstetter.bsky.social

Super excited to share that six papers of the ELLIS Unit Linz were accepted to ICML 2026! ✨🏆 🧪 Contrastive Geometric Learning Unlocks Unified Structure- and Ligand-Based Drug Design: lnkd.in/d2EiUzHd 📈 Effective Distillation to Hybrid xLSTM Architectures: lnkd.in/dBXZbY9k

🎉 25 ELLIS Units have been successfully extended! Following our five-year reapplication process, we celebrate the sustained excellence these Units bring to European AI research. Congratulations to all! 👏 📖 Get more details: ellis.eu/news/25-elli...

On ORF, Prof. Günter Klambauer breaks it down: Europe’s three big legal pillars keep patients safe—while making hospital-ready AI a tougher climb. on.orf.at/video/143192...

KI im Krankenhaus - Oberösterreich heute vom 13.04.2026

Auch wenn man es als Patient oft nicht merkt: Die Künstliche Intelligenz ist bereits jetzt aus dem Krankenhausalltag nicht mehr weg zu denken. Sie hilft bei der Vorbeugung von Stürzen genauso wie sie ...

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In a recent episode of the ORF format “Auf ein Wort” Prof. Sepp Hochreiter discusses why the fundamentals of AI should be taught in schools – and why, despite its benefits, AI can also make us “mentally lazy.” ooe.orf.at/magazin/stor...

Sepp Hochreiter: „KI kann denkfaul machen“

Künstliche Intelligenz ist längst Teil unseres Alltags, ob im Job, beim Lernen oder im privaten Gebrauch. Geht es nach der Regierung, soll sie auch fixer Bestandteil im Schulunterricht werden. Eine Sc...

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xLSTM Distillation: arxiv.org/abs/2603.15590 Near-lossless distillation of quadratic Transformer LLMs into linear-time xLSTM architectures enables cost- and energy-efficient alternatives without sacrificing performance. Efficient xLSTM variants of instruction-tuned Llama, Qwen, and Olmo models.

We took part in the Think Beyond Summit 2026 by the Austrian Science Fund in Vienna. Great discussions on excellence in research, interdisciplinarity, and responsible AI. Thanks to FWF for an excellent platform and to all participants for the exchange! www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...

Das war der Think Beyond Summit 2026

Die dritte Ausgabe des Think Beyond Summit am 19. Februar 2026 widmete sich der Kraft der Kooperation. Im Mittelpunkt standen Österreichs Exzellenzcluster, in denen Spitzenforschung als gemeinsame Exp...

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Congratulations to Prof. Hochreiter on being welcomed as a member of the Leopoldina’s Class I (Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Engineering). Well‑deserved recognition. Announcement: www.leopoldina.org/en/newsroom/...

Leopoldina welcomes new members of Class I – Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Engineering

The new members of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina are traditionally invited to a symposium of their respective classes in the year following their election. On Wednesday, 18 February 2026...

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Prof. Günter Klambauer comments in on the hype around AI agent systems such as OpenClaw. He explains the shift from generative AI to task-executing agents and highlights current security risks. 🌐 oe1.orf.at/player/20260... www.krone.at/4037116

🎙️ Interview insight with Günter Klambauer In a recent ORF interview, Professor Klambauer discusses the increasing use of AI in the production of children’s books. lnkd.in/dFDSrbXU

Our new high-performance GPU server is now up and running. Funded by the Federal State of Upper Austria, the system with NVIDIA B300 GPUs is the most powerful single-node GPU server for AI research in Austria. ⚡ A strong addition to AI research at JKU.

Sepp Hochreiter, Head of LIT AI Lab, comments on the EurIPS conference in this FAZ guest article: He highlights Europe’s growing visibility in AI research and the role of ELLIS in strengthening the community. 🌍 www.faz.net/pro/digitalw...

EurIPS wird zur Bühne für europäische KI-Talente

In Kopenhagen fand erstmals die EurIPS-Konferenz statt. Sie ist keine Gegenveranstaltung zur berühmten amerikanischen NeurIPS, sondern eine Bühne für erstklassige europäische KI-Forschung. Jetzt sind ...

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Great news for AI research at JKU! Upper Austria invests €22.5M to strengthen AI & quantum science, supporting the ELLIS Unit Linz and the LIT AI Lab. This commitment boosts new projects, talent, collaborations & innovation made in Austria 🇦🇹 www.nachrichten.at/politik/land...

Land fördert die Kepler-Uni in den kommenden drei Jahren mit 22,5 Millionen Euro

LINZ. Dritte Fördervereinbarung sieht Schwerpunkte bei Künstlicher Intelligenz, Quantenwissenschaft und Internationalisierung vor.

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