In the news | The Nature Conservancy
The value of words + pictures
For years the idea that nature and tourism are linked has been kept largely—and unhelpfully— confined to a series of studies on wildlife watching or scuba diving and filed under the heading: “nature-based tourism.”
NUWA系列再添新成员——超长视频生成模型NUWA-XL
编者按：最近，大型语言模型展现出的强大能力引发了新一轮的 AIGC （人工智能生成内容）研究和应用热潮。人工智能的创作能力边界已经从文字问答、编程逐渐扩展到了绘画、音频等多模态领域。但在视频领域，尤其是超长视频内容的生成上，目前大多数模型的效果还不尽如人意。 近期，微软亚洲研究院 NUWA 多模态生成模型家族迎来了新成员——NUWA-XL，其以创新的 Diffusion over Diffusio...
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In the news | TheStreet
Here’s Why the Microsoft Research Chief Lost ‘A Couple Weeks of Sleep’ Over ChatGPT-4
Microsoft's head of research and his colleagues believe chatbots will be used by medical professionals, as well as by patients, with increasing frequency. Peter Lee could use some rest. Microsoft's head of research has been missing out on some shuteye…
Awards | Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Lorin Crawford honored as a 2023 COPSS Emerging Leader Awardee
Lorin Crawford is one of eight awardees of the 2023 COPSS Emerging Leader Award. For path-breaking research combining theory and methods of mathematics, statistics and computing to generate new knowledge and insight about the genetic basis of disease, and for…
In the news | Radiology Business
7 lessons learned during joint big business/healthcare AI projects
Big Tech players have been investing in partnerships with large healthcare providers on AI endeavors for several years now. According to both sides in one such collaboration, the resulting synergy offers “immense potential” to improve patient access, care and outcomes.
AI and the Future of Health
| Desney Tan
Read about some of our research team’s work to make healthcare more data-driven, predictive, and precise – ultimately, empowering every person on the planet to live a healthier future.
AI Frontiers: AI for health and the future of research with Peter Lee
| Peter Lee and Ashley Llorens
The second episode of AI Frontiers features Peter Lee, head of Microsoft Research. Lee was among a group within Microsoft to have early access to GPT-4 for evaluation and experimentation. Here, he applies his philosophy of tackling research from what…
微软CTO对话比尔·盖茨：GPT-4与人工智能的未来
编者按：一系列技术变革引领我们走到今天，并深刻影响着人类社会。如今，随着人工智能技术的快速发展，ChatGPT、New Bing、GPT-4 等新产品和新技术的陆续发布，又将如何帮助我们创造未来？在微软与 OpenAI 的密切合作中，微软执行副总裁兼首席技术官 Kevin Scott 一直在思考一个问题：人工智能领域出现的惊人革命对 OpenAI、对微软、对所有利益相关者以及整个世界的意义是什么？...