AI For Good Lab

March 17, 2025

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…

March 11, 2025

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…

February 17, 2025

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…

February 11, 2025

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.

February 10, 2025

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.

January 22, 2025

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…

January 21, 2025

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…

December 18, 2024

SPARROW, developed by Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, is a solar-powered, AI-driven system for monitoring biodiversity in remote areas.