Research
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
Generative image models often depict people with prostheses incorrectly or not at all. With the “Dear AI” initiative, the medical technology group Ottobock wants to change that. Together with those affected, an open data set…
Much of what AI knows about the world comes from data most people never see and from technical processes that determine what’s included or left out. As AI becomes increasingly influential in daily life, a…
As much as artificial intelligence can achieve, it still frequently struggles in its attempts to represent people with disabilities. Anyone who has tried to use AI to create images of people with prostheses will be…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) struggles to create true-to-life images of people with amputations. Now amputees are teaching AI to be responsible and inclusive – with help from prosthetics manufacturer Ottobock and Microsoft.
Microsoft’s AI-powered SPARROW uses solar-powered edge computing and satellite connectivity to monitor and identify biodiversity in real time worldwide
The AI Economy Institute (AIEI) is launching its third cohort of researchers, advancing our mission to understand the adoption of artificial intelligence across economies, industries, and communities.
A deterministic security system, information-flow control (IFC) offers a promising path towards secure and autonomous agents. When agents can take high-stakes actions like sending an email, sharing a business document, or opening a pull request,…
The fight over the data that trains artificial intelligence has become one of the defining economic conflicts of the decade. Publishers, authors, and visual artists argue that their work was taken without permission or payment.…