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In the news | NPR
This is how many lives could have been saved with COVID vaccinations in each state
One tragic fact about the nearly 1 million people who died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is that a huge share of them didn’t have to. In Tennessee, 11,047 of the people who died could have survived if everyone in…
Awards | Fast Company
These companies are using AI and data to empower positive change
FINALISTS: AI4Leprosy, Novartis Foundation, Microsoft, and Instituto Oswaldo Cruz The AI and data category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors projects that harness the power of data, machine learning, or artificial intelligence to understand the world and empower change.
In the news | Soundcloud
Juan Lavista Ferres from Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab
Juan Lavista Ferres, Chief Scientist and Lab Director at Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab, speaks with Humanitarian AI Today’s host Sarah Spencer about how his team is aiding NGOs by leveraging data to address a variety of global humanitarian…
In the news | Pharmaphorum
AI tool helps detect leprosy using pictures
Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, tells us about AI4Leprosy, a diagnostic assistant researchers developed that helps healthcare workers detect leprosy with over 90% accuracy using pictures of a patient’s skin lesion. An international team of scientists — led…
In the news | Official Microsoft Blog
Closing the cybersecurity skills gap – Microsoft expands efforts to 23 countries
Cybersecurity continues to be a significant threat for governments, businesses and individuals around the world. From supply chain disruptions to ransomware attacks, cybercriminals have become increasingly sophisticated and the threat landscape more diverse. These cybersecurity challenges are compounded by a…
In the news | Microsoft on the Issues
States must act quickly, thoughtfully to bridge the digital divide
An alarming number of people in America are cut off from opportunities afforded to the rest of us who have internet access. Microsoft data shows that more than one out of three people in the U.S. are not using the…
In the news | Analytics India
Now an AI model that identifies where solar farms are located in India
Recently, researchers from Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab, and The Nature of Conservancy have built an AI Dataset for Solar Energy locations in India with up-to-date and accurate geospatial information of the PV infrastructures. The team used ML to…
In the news | The Atlantic
Satellites Are Spotting the Beached Whales We Never Would Have Found
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Microsoft, the satellite company Maxar, and other public- and private-sector partners are developing a system that automatically identifies marine mammals in satellite images. Called GAIA (Geospatial Artificial Intelligence for Animals), the project aims…
In the news | Microsoft Stories
Humans and AI – Juan Lavista Ferres
Meet Juan – When Juan Lavista Ferres was 8 years old, he was given a computer and quickly realized the impact that technology could have on the world. Now, he works on resources to empower others to solve global challenges…