* April 26, 2024: The Helmholtz Information and Data Science (HIDS) Framework, i.e., die future concepts for all Incubator Platforms, were approved by the HGF General Assembly. This is a big deal for the continuation of Helmholtz AI and all sister platforms!
* April 19, 2024: **Helmholtz Foundation Model initiative**: Helmholtz invests 23 million in research on AI foundation models [[link](https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/aktuelles/news/meldungen/2024/neue-ki-grundlagenmodelle-fuer-die-wissenschaft)].
Two (out of four) projects are coordinated by Jülich teams and Jülich is also part of the coordination unit. All projects will be featured at the [Helmholtz AI Conference](www.haicon24.de). Stay tuned!
* Feb 1, 2024: Helmholtz Foundation Model Initiative Call: [[link](https://www.helmholtz.de/en/research/current-calls-for-applications/article/helmholtz-foundation-model-initiative/)]
* Feb 1, 2024: Helmholtz Foundation Model Initiative Call: [[link](https://www.helmholtz.de/en/research/current-calls-for-applications/article/helmholtz-foundation-model-initiative/)]
* Oct 16, 2023: Quantum ML meets Image Understanding, Invited talk by Soronzonbold Otgonbaatar (DLR). [[Journal Club](https://gitlab.jsc.fz-juelich.de/MLDL_FZJ/MLDL_FZJ_Wiki/-/wikis/JULAIN-Journal-Club)]
* Aug 28, 2023: A ranked list of atomistic machine learning (AML) projects maintained by JuDFT on [github](https://github.com/JuDFTteam/best-of-atomistic-machine-learning)
