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The American Philosophical Society (APS), the oldest and most distinguished learned society in North America, is pleased to announce the election of 38 new Members in 2025. These new Members represent outstanding achievement in the…

For nearly a decade, we’ve been collaborating with Dr. Monica Bond and Dr. Derek Lee from the Wild Nature Institute to apply AI models to the re-identification of giraffes. These remarkable animals are not only…

“Flikker: saving DRAM refresh-power through critical data partitioning” was one of the first papers in the field of approximate computing, and attempted to bridge the worlds of dependability and energy efficiency.

Every time there’s been a technological disruption that mainly comes from the West, there’s always been these — if you may call it — philosophical concerns. Whereas in most of the Global South, we’ve kind…

This month, Microsoft is celebrating our 50th anniversary. To help commemorate fifty years of creating technology that empowers people to achieve more, our AI for Good Lab launched an open call to support innovative AI-based…

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab has created Seq2Symm, an open-source AI tool that helps scientists determine the 3D shapes of certain proteins, including those found in viruses. Seq2Symm uses AI to predict a protein’s 3D…

Want to understand AI? When we think about the future of technology, it’s easy to picture flashy gadgets or complex code. But today’s guest reminds us that behind every innovation, there are people — thoughtful,…

Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is an entirely preventable disease that has become one of the leading causes of childhood blindness worldwide (Blencowe et al., 2013). Remarkably, this is a condition that didn’t even exist just…

Developed by researchers from MIT, Microsoft, and Google, I-Con not only provides a new lens for understanding ML but also encourages creative thinking by merging traditional techniques. This groundbreaking approach is poised to propel the…