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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…
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…
Food systems, on land and at sea, are foundational to global economies and human flourishing. They are sources of livelihood for millions of people and provide nutrition for everyone on the planet. Yet today, these…
From look-alike SUVs to AI interfaces, designers from Figma, Microsoft, Pentagram, and more reveal the objects, places, and experiences they’re working to improve this year.
Global adoption of artificial intelligence continued to rise in the second half of 2025, increasing by 1.2 percentage points compared to the first half of the year, with roughly one in six people worldwide now using generative…
January 7 – In the past decade, cloud-scale analytics tools have transformed the digital fight against deforestation. Instead of manual reviews of satellite images taking multiple months, land-use change can today be monitored in near-real…
Welcome to a special edition of Tools and Weapons, as Brad Smith and Juan M. Lavista Ferres review the results from Microsoft’s newest AI Diffusion Report. These show the state of global AI usage as…
Microsoft Research is open-sourcing its cutting‑edge 3D Holoportation technology that was used to transform healthcare by bringing doctors and patients together across vast distances. The work highlights real‑time, life‑size 3D telepresence that allows clinicians to…
As AI becomes a bigger part of everyday life, scientists are finding exciting new ways of harnessing its transformative power to tackle some of society’s biggest challenges. From designing new materials to mapping flood risks…
