In the news | Our Digital Life Episode 7: Audio Signal Processing in the Era of AI
Audio Signal Processing in the Era of AI with Dr. Ivan Tashev
In this episode of the IEEE Signal Processing Society podcast, Felicia Lim, a staff software engineer at Google, where she works on audio signal processing and machine learning, interviews Dr. Ivan Tashev, Partner Software Architect at Microsoft Research (MSR) –…
In the news | infobae
Juan Lavista, Corporate VP of Microsoft: “AI is not just an alternative, it is the only solution”
Juan M. Lavista Ferres, Corporate Vice President and Chief Data Scientist of the AI for Good Lab at Microsoft Corporation, presented his book Artificial Intelligence for Good. AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health, together with Editorial TAEDA and within the framework of…
In the news | What will AI Mean for Humanity?
What will AI Mean for Humanity?
E. Glen Weyl appeared on a panel at Harvard University about the implications of AI for the human soul.
| Eric Horvitz, Bruce Wittmann, and James Diggans
In the fall of 2023, breakthroughs in generative AI had researchers proclaiming a new era for medicine and healthcare.
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…