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In the news | Microsoft Unlocked
Peter is Here: AI for Cultural Heritage
Students are buzzing with excitement because their lesson is a little different today. They’re about to embark on an extraordinary quest within Minecraft Education. As Vatican Conservators in the Peter is Here: AI for Cultural Heritage game, their task is to…
In the news | LinkedIn News
Damage Assessment: Cave City Arkansas
We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to everyone affected by the extreme weather events in the Southeastern United States. Our lab has conducted building damage assessments for areas in Arkansas affected by the recent tornadoes. In collaboration with Planet…
In the news | LinkedIn News
Unlocking the Secrets of Proteins with AI
Proteins are the tiny machines that power life, from helping us fight infections to breaking down food for energy. But many proteins don’t work alone, they come together in complex structures called homo-oligomers. Understanding how they assemble is key to…
In the news | Oceanographic
Artificial intelligence is now used to locate ghost nets in the ocean
Every year, 20% of all fishing gear in the world’s oceans is lost and an estimated 50,000 tons of lost fishing nets or ‘ghost nets’ end up in the oceans, posing a danger to a variety of marine wildlife. To…
In the news | LinkedIn News
HeritageWatch.ai
Microsoft and our partners are launching HeritageWatch.AI, a nonprofit that will use AI to protect cultural heritage sites across the globe and help us preserve humanity’s past for future generations.
In the news | Harvard Business School
America’s Digital Divide: Where Workers Are Falling Behind
With rural areas significantly lagging behind cities in computer use, research by Raffaella Sadun, Shane Greenstein, and colleagues finds that many Americans lack the digital literacy that’s increasingly needed in an AI world.
Research Focus: Week of January 27, 2025
In this issue: A new approach to multimodal pretraining for remote sensing; Managed-retention memory for the AI era; Improving detection of macular telangiectasia type 2; Generalizing symbolic automata.
In the news | GeekWire
Microsoft launches $5M grant program for AI projects in WA state as part of 50th anniversary
Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is offering a total of $5 million in cloud computing credits in its home state of Washington through a new grant program in conjunction with the company’s 50th anniversary. The lab is looking to support…
In the news | KING5.com
Microsoft’s ‘AI for Good’ program offers $5 million in grants for Washington innovators
Microsoft announced a groundbreaking initiative Wednesday morning to use artificial intelligence to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. The program, worth over $5 million, focuses on Washington state scientists and innovators. It is open to individuals or groups working…