Abstracts: November 20, 2023
Today I'm talking to Shrey Jain, an applied scientist at Microsoft Research, and Dr. Zoë Hitzig, a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows.
Microsoft Research Podcast
Abstracts: November 20, 2023
Today I'm talking to Shrey Jain, an applied scientist at Microsoft Research, and Dr. Zoë Hitzig, a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows.
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