Multimodal reinforcement learning with agentic verifier for AI agents
| Reuben Tan, Baolin Peng, Zhengyuan Yang, Oier Mees, and Jianfeng Gao
Argos improves multimodal RL by evaluating whether an agent’s reasoning aligns with what it observes over time. The approach reduces visual hallucinations and produces more reliable, data-efficient agents for real-world applications.
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The project represents a significant step forward in understanding immune responses at the tissue level. By generating and analyzing large datasets using artificial intelligence and machine learning, the team will develop tools to measure and predict how immune cells interact…
Imagine an AI assistant that can navigate a computer the same way humans do—clicking buttons, filling out forms, and moving between applications—all by simply interpreting what's on the screen. This vision is becoming a reality through computer use agents—AI systems…
OptiMind: A small language model with optimization expertise
| Xinzhi Zhang, Zeyi Chen, Humishka Hope, Hugo Barbalho, Konstantina Mellou, Marco Molinaro, Janardhan (Jana) Kulkarni, Ishai Menache, and Sirui Li
OptiMind is a small language model that converts business operation challenges, described naturally, into mathematical formulations that optimization software can solve. It reduces formulation time & errors & enables fast, privacy-preserving local use.
《AI Next》是微软亚洲研究院推出的一档利用 AI 技术制作的播客，内容聚焦 AI 前沿技术、科研趋势与社会影响。第一季主要围绕当今智能发展的核心议题，探索前沿趋势。 在《AI Next》第四期中，我们邀请到微软亚洲研究院首席科学家韦福如，从第一性原理出发，与大家探讨当前 AI 发展中最核心、具有争议的前沿问题。为何 Scaling 仍是 AI 的第一性原理，但必须走向“科学规模化”；为什么...
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Why Aren’t We Using AI to Advance Justice?
In Malawi, one in three women is a victim of violence. Almost one in ten girls is forced into marriage before turning 15. But fewer than 800 lawyers serve the population of 22 million. What chance does a girl in a rural…
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What it means to be human in the age of AI
We’re opening the year with something meaningful: the first book from the AIEI Research Fellows. Degrees of Change comes from the Microsoft AI Economy Institute (AIEI), a research initiative that studies the economic and educational shifts happening alongside AI and…
刘璟：在系统建造者时代，让计算基础设施实现“自我进化”
编者按：如今，大模型和生成式人工智能的爆发正把计算推向前所未有的复杂境地：硬件以惊人的速度迭代，应用负载瞬息万变，而传统系统却仍被束缚在过往的固化规则中。面对这种“上下皆动”的挑战，刘璟和同事正试图在人工智能的不可预测性与系统的刚性之间，为操作系统注入全新的自主适应能力。 在计算机科学的世界里，系统一直扮演着沉默的基石角色，它托举着上层应用的高效运行，却深埋于底层硬件的复杂逻辑之中。对微软亚洲研究...
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On Second Thought is a video series built around the questions everyone’s asking about AI. With expert voices from across Microsoft, we break down the tension and promise of this rapidly changing technology, exploring what’s evolving and what’s possible.