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In the news | Fast Company
This is Microsoft’s AI pipeline, from research to reality
On the most fundamental level, ensuring that Microsoft AI innovations benefit Microsoft customers is about making sure that research and product teams aren’t siloed off from each other.
In the news | Microsoft News
Empathy and innovation: How Microsoft’s cultural shift is leading to new product development
The young Microsoft software engineer had just moved to the U.S. and was trying her best to stay in close touch with her parents back home, calling them on Skype every week. But their internet connection in India was poor,…
In the news | Forbes
The Hospital Will See You Now
An array of artificial intelligence applications track the occupancy of every bed in every department at every second, and use predictive modeling to anticipate when the next ICU bed or operating room will become available in the next hour—or, better…
Awards | National Academy of Engineering
Paul England elected to National Academy of Engineering
Paul England was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for defining the hardware foundations of secure computing, Trusted Platform Module, and secure enclaves, and for conceiving the darknet. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is…
In the news | GeekWire
Microsoft Healthcare reveals more of its strategy with new cloud and AI products for hospitals
Microsoft is expanding its healthcare offerings with three new tools that bring its cloud and artificial intelligence capabilities into hospitals through team collaboration, bots and health record sharing. The new products are the latest step toward Microsoft’s broader healthcare ambitions,…
In the news | ZDNet
Microsoft rolls out healthcare bot service, new health-record integration feature
Microsoft is showing off some of the new healthcare tools and capabilities it will be showcasing next week at the annual Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. The company is making generally available its Healthcare Bot Service; adding more…
In the news | VentureBeat
Microsoft’s Healthcare Bot service becomes generally available in Azure Marketplace
A chatbot to complement a doctor’s visit? It’s not as radical as it sounds. Hospitals and health systems have plenty of incentive to further adoption of AI conversational agents; according to a survey published by research firm Statista, 27 percent…
In the news | Official Microsoft Blog
Microsoft for Healthcare: technology and collaboration for better experiences, insights and care
Microsoft’s technology and partnerships are helping empower care teams, improve clinical and operational outcomes and advance precision healthcare, with a specific focus on putting people’s privacy at the center.
In the news | CardRates.com
Microsoft Open-Sources Its SEAL Encryption Technology Allowing Computations on Encrypted Data
Microsoft has released its easy-to-use Simple Encrypted Arithmetic Library (SEAL) for free use, and financial institutions are among the types of companies that can benefit most from this type of security.