Hoifung Poon introduces an agenda in precision health, utilizing generative AI to pretrain high-fidelity patient embeddings from multimodal, longitudinal patient journeys. This approach unlocks population-scale real-world evidence, optimizing clinical care and accelerating biomedical discovery.
Magma: A foundation model for multimodal AI agents across digital and physical worlds
| Swadheen Shukla, Jianwei Yang, Reuben Tan, Qianhui Wu, and Jianfeng Gao
Explore Magma, a foundation model that can empower AI assistants to interpret environments, plan actions, and execute tasks across digital and physical spaces. Now available, learn how it advances the field of agentic AI.
In the news | ConSalud
Microsoft Health Futures: The future of medicine powered by artificial intelligence
Microsoft's generative artificial intelligence is making it possible to identify patterns in large populations, structure clinical information and simulate clinical trials, optimizing the development of new treatments.
Exploring the structural changes driving protein function with BioEmu-1
| Sarah Lewis, Tim Hempel, Jose Jimenez-Luna, Michael Gastegger, Yu Xie, Victor García Satorras, Osama Abdin, Bas Veeling, Ryota Tomioka, and Frank Noé
Meet BioEmu-1 from Microsoft Research. This deep learning model can generate thousands of protein structures per hour, unlocking new possibilities for protein scientists and drug discovery and research.
In the news | Tech Community
Harnessing AI’s Potential in Healthcare: Overcoming Benchmarking Challenges
In the news | The Wall Street Journal
When Your Last Name Is Null, Nothing Works
Nontra Yantaprasert couldn’t wait to take her husband’s shorter and easier-to-pronounce last name. She didn’t know what kinds of problems it would cause. His last name is Null, the same word used by computer scientists to mean “no value” or…
Introducing Muse: Our first generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation
| Katja Hofmann
Today Nature published Microsoft’s research detailing our WHAM, an AI model that generates video game visuals & controller actions. We are releasing the model weights, sample data, & WHAM Demonstrator on Azure AI Foundry, enabling researchers to build on the…
Ideas: Quantum computing redefined with Chetan Nayak
| Gretchen Huizinga and Dr. Chetan Nayak
Microsoft announced the creation of the first topoconductor and first QPU architecture with a topological core. Dr. Chetan Nayak, a technical fellow of Quantum Hardware at the company, discusses how the breakthroughs are redefining the field of quantum computing.
In the news | TheSequence
One of the Best Agent Frameworks in the Market Just Got Way Better
AutoGen has undergone significant evolution since its inception, driven by the need for more efficient, flexible, and scalable agentic AI systems. The release of AutoGen v0.4 introduces a fundamental architectural shift, addressing prior inefficiencies and enhancing its capabilities.