Ideas: More AI-resilient biosecurity with the Paraphrase Project
| Eric Horvitz, Bruce Wittmann, Tessa Alexanian, and James Diggans
Microsoft’s Eric Horvitz and guests Bruce Wittmann, Tessa Alexanian, and James Diggans discuss the Paraphrase Project—a red-teaming effort that exposed and secured a biosecurity vulnerability in AI-driven protein design. The work offers a model for addressing AI’s dual-use risks.
When AI Meets Biology: Promise, Risk, and Responsibility
| Eric Horvitz
Microsoft researchers reveal a confidential research effort that explored how open-source AI tools could be used to bypass biosecurity checks—and helped create fixes now influencing global standards.
In the news | UTK Speaker Series
Distinguished Seminar on AI-Driven Workforce and Business Development
The Distinguished Seminar on AI-Driven Workforce and Business Development was hosted by University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), where they welcomed Dr. Morgan Frank R. Frank (Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Digital Fellow, Stanford Digital Economy Lab; Fellow, Microsoft AI Economy…
In the news | micro1
AI, Labor Markets & Mobility – Rewriting the Future of Work Series
This session kicks off micro1’s fall virtual event series “Rewriting the Future of Work” in collaboration with the AI Economy Institute (AIEI). Together, they explore how AI is reshaping global labor markets, creating new pathways for worker mobility, fostering inclusive…
Developers who are blind or have low vision have historically been limited to back-end programming, but new research suggests AI programming assistants are changing that in remarkable ways. A Microsoft Research Asia study found that developers who use screen readers…
王延森：所有科学发现都是人类情感需求的投射
编者按：当“理性”的科学发现与“情感丰富”的科研人员相遇，会发生怎样的化学反应？ 在人工智能与神经科学的交汇处，微软亚洲研究院高级研究员王延森，正怀揣着浓厚的兴趣，聚焦人的需求与体验，展开一场关于智能本质的探索。他以非侵入式脑机接口为钥匙，试图破解人类感知与意图的神经密码；以脉冲神经网络为桥梁，探索人脑低能耗运行的奥秘；秉持“以人为本”的初心，让技术回归服务于人的本质。跟随王延森的脚步，我们将见证...
In the news | Univ of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics
Strengthening the Foundation for Shared Economic Opportunities and Growth across Western Pennsylvania
Univ of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics, 2025 Regional Progress Forum - Strengthening the Foundation for Shared Economic Opportunities and Growth across Western Pennsylvania.
By Advait Sarkar, Senior Researcher; Sean Rintel, Senior Principal Research Manager; Leon Reicherts, Researcher; Lev Tankelevitch, Senior Researcher; Pratik Ghosh, Senior Research Designer; Richard Banks, Principal Design Manager; Payod Panda, Design Engineering Researcher; Martin Grayson, Principal Research Software Development Engineer In…
In the news | Github Blog
GitHub Copilot gets smarter at finding your code: Inside our new embedding model
Finding the right code quickly is critical. After listening to the community’s feedback, we rolled out a new Copilot embedding model that makes code search in VS Code faster, lighter on memory, and far more accurate. This means retrieving the…