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  1. On Second Thought with Sinead Bovell

    On Second Thought 

    January 14, 2026

    On Second Thought is a video series built around the questions everyone’s asking about AI. With expert voices from across Microsoft, we break down the tension and promise of this rapidly changing technology, exploring what’s evolving and what’s possible.

  2. GI-Bench: A Panoramic Benchmark Revealing the Knowledge-Experience Dissociation of Multimodal Large Language Models in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Against Clinical Standards 

    January 13, 2026

    Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) show promise in gastroenterology, yet their performance against comprehensive clinical workflows and human benchmarks remains unverified. To systematically evaluate state-of-the-art MLLMs across a panoramic gastrointestinal endoscopy workflow and determine their clinical utility compared with human endoscopists. We constructed GI-Bench, a…

  3. Research Intern – Security, Privacy and AI 

    January 12, 2026

    This Research Internship will include (1) conducting threat modeling for Large Language Model (LLM)‑enabled agentic designs and identifying practical mitigations for Windows OS; (2) developing or refining formal security frameworks that support scalable designs and sound reasoning about system behavior; and (3) producing security proofs…

  4. Research Intern – Foundations of GenAI 

    January 12, 2026

    The mission of the AI Frontiers Lab is to expand the pareto frontier of AI capabilities, efficiency, and safety through innovations in foundation models and learning agent platforms. We are seeking a Research Intern to join our team and contribute to efforts on the advancement of…

  5. What 11 top designers want to redesign in 2026 

    January 12, 2026

    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.

  6. Senior Researcher – AI Systems – Microsoft Research 

    January 8, 2026

    Microsoft Research seeks a Senior Researcher specializing in one or more areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, Machine Learning (ML) systems, and high-performance computing (HPC) systems. The position involves working collaboratively to advance state-of-the art in AI Systems and improving the efficiency and scalability of…

  7. Global AI Adoption in 2025—A Widening Digital Divide 

    January 8, 2026

    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 AI tools, remarkable progress for a technology that only recently entered…

  8. How AI’s predictive power is helping to prevent deforestation 

    January 8, 2026

    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 time. Some artificial intelligence-enabled tools are even allowing authorities to…