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In the news | Windows Report
AutoGen AI uses different AI versions to build AI apps
Microsoft has come up with a new AI, and this time the Redmond-based tech giant found a way to build an AI capable of building applications that use AI to solve tasks. This one is called AutoGen AI, and it…
In the news | IDUN Technologies podcast with Ivan Tashev
IDUN Technologies podcast with Ivan Tashev
In an intriguing podcast episode, Mark from IDUN Technologies sat down with the renowned Ivan Tashev of Microsoft Research to discuss Ivan’s work at Microsoft, BCI and EEG. It was a privilege to hear from Ivan who has decades of…
Collaborators: Data-driven decision-making with Jina Suh and Shamsi Iqbal
| Gretchen Huizinga, Jina Suh, and Shamsi Iqbal
Researcher Jina Suh and manager Shamsi Iqbal are longtime collaborators. Learn how their history of working together and their unique perspectives are informing their development of tools to support decision-making for organizational leaders.
Research Focus: Week of July 31, 2023
In this edition: A new anonymous token protocol balances fraud detection and privacy; survival instinct in offline RL; Nimble offers rollback protection for confidential cloud services; improved machine learning force fields for molecular dynamics.
In the news | Nature
ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI
Celeste Biever/Nature published a feature and an editorial (“ChatGPT is a black box: how AI research can break it open”) about the various ways scientists and researchers are evaluating the capabilities of LLMs like GPT-4, including quotes from Sebastien Bubeck.…
Research Focus: Week of July 17, 2023
RetroRanker mitigates frequency bias in predictions of retrosynthesis models; new algorithm beats PPO on language tasks; DER dataset aids grid planning; improved PPML balances privacy & accuracy across shared data; ASL Citizen boosts sign language modeling.
Microsoft at ICALP 2023: Deploying cloud capacity robustly against power failures
| Konstantina Mellou, Marco Molinaro, and Rudy Zhou
Efficiency is vital in the face of escalating demand for cloud resources. And efficient power management strategies address the bottleneck of power availability in datacenters. Learn how we optimize power allocation to support sustainable resource usage.
Research Focus: Week of July 3, 2023
In this issue: A new study looks at engineers’ views on hybrid work; prompt engineering adds context and specificity to generative AI models; Overwatch learns code edit patterns to aid developers; a Qlib update addresses financial market challenges.
Collaborators: Holoportation™ communication technology with Spencer Fowers and Kwame Darko
| Gretchen Huizinga, Spencer Fowers, and Dr. Kwame Darko
A global team of medical providers is leveraging Holoportation, a Microsoft 3D capture and communication technology, to widen access to specialized care. Computer engineer Spencer Fowers and plastic surgeon Kwame Darko discuss the collaboration.