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Catalyst Lab

Where foundational ideas become end-to-end systems

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Haechi: Simple Commitment-based Keyless In-person Verifiable Elections

August 9, 2026 | Josh Benaloh, Jiwon Kim (opens in new tab)

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What humanity needs to flourish in the next decade

E. Glen Weyl, James Evans, Chris White

Noema | July 2026

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FlowDAgger: Human-in-the-Loop Adaptation of Generative Robot Policies in Latent Space

Michael Murray, Daphne Chen, Simran Bagaria, Dean Fortier, T. Hellebrekers, Galen Mullins, H. Gajarla, Oier Mees, Maya Cakmak, Andrey Kolobov

July 2026

arXiv | July 2026

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Red teaming with faith leaders: expanding digital safety and accountability to frontiers of care

Nina Lutz, E. Glen Weyl

FAccT ’26 | June 2026

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How AI Companies Can Pay Fair Rates for the Content They Need

June 15, 2026 | Harvard Business Review

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Ire identifies another LOTUSLITE specimen

June 12, 2026 | Brian Caswell, Bob Fleck, Mike Walker, Sarah Smith

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Silicon Valley Needs to Get God

June 11, 2026 | The Economist: By Invitation

Microsoft Research Blog

GridSFM: A new, small foundation model for the electric grid

May 13, 2026 | Weiwei Yang, Andrea Britto Mattos Lima, Thiago Vallin Spina, Spencer Fowers, Baosen Zhang (opens in new tab)

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GridSFM: A Foundation Model for AC Optimal Power Flow

Weiwei Yang, Andrea Britto Mattos Lima, Thiago V. Spina, Spencer Fowers, Baosen Zhang (opens in new tab), Chris White

May 2026

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