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Accelerating Biodiversity and Ecosystem Reporting 

Learn about feasible and cost-effective reporting with AI, earth observation, and ecosystem science (download the white paper).

Mayo Clinic and Microsoft Research to advancing Generative AI in Radiology with Project MAIRA 

My Five Favorite AI Papers of 2023 

Today marks the final issue of 2023, and I want to start by expressing my gratitude for your support. The Sequence has grown organically to over 165,000 subscribers this year. Thank you all for your…

Transforming Breast Cancer Detection with AI 

The stark reality that one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime underscores a pressing need for change. Each year, breast cancer claims the lives of approximately 42,000…

Novartis – AI4HealthyCities 

It is known that only 20% of our health outcomes are shaped by the healthcare we access; the other 80% is linked to the conditions in which we grow, live, work and age[I]. Along with…

Microsoft Research Debuts Phi-2, New Small Language Model 

Phi-2 is a generative AI model with 2.7 billion-parameters used for research and development of language models. Phi-2 is available in the Azure AI Studio model catalog. Microsoft intends for it to be used only…

Microsoft releases Phi-2, a small language model AI that outperforms Llama 2, Mistral 7B 

The rapid pace of generative AI news and announcements isn’t slowing down, even as we reach the final stretches of 2023 and the traditional winter holiday quiet period. Just take a look at Microsoft Research,…

Multimodal Generative AI for Precision Health 

The dream of precision health is to develop a continuous learning health system where new health information is instantly incorporated to optimize care delivery and accelerate biomedical discovery. Multimodal generative AI has the potential to…

Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots 

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have arrived at breathtaking speed over the last few years. Computer vision has come into focus, robotics has marched forward, and generative AI has moved squarely into the mainstream of…

Moving at the Speed of AI: How AI Accelerates Progress on Climate Solutions 

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels. Watch event from COP28.