In the news | Geekwire
How much solar and wind power is out there? A Microsoft effort using satellites, AI aims to find out
In the race to curb climate change, solar panels and wind turbines are being installed across the planet — but no one knows exactly where and how much renewable power is out there. So Microsoft is teaming up with The…
In the news | Microsoft News Center
Microsoft, Planet and The Nature Conservancy launch the Global Renewables Watch
Microsoft Corp., Planet Labs PBC and The Nature Conservancy on Thursday announced its plans to launch the Global Renewables Watch (GRW), a first-of-its-kind living atlas intended to map and measure all utility-scale solar and wind installations on Earth using artificial…
In the news | Ford Foundation
Reconceiving the Missing Layers of the Internet for a More Just Future
The internet is among the most complex systems ever built, with a sprawling digital infrastructure of millions of interconnected devices and networks that, together, enable us to connect and communicate with one another around the world in real time. The…
In the news | GSK
GSK and Microsoft, in collaboration with the Centre for Health and Disease Studies, launch disease surveillance project in Nepal
GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), in an innovative collaboration with the Centre for Health and Disease Studies (CHDS) Nepal, today announced the start of a disease surveillance project in Nepal. The pilot project, which will leverage Microsoft’s…
Awards | Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Gary J. Sullivan named a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
Microsoft's Gary J. Sullivan was recognized as a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (opens in new tab) (SMPTE) among the 12 notable members who received this award in 2022. According to SMPTE, "The Fellow Grade…
AI Models vs. AI Systems: Understanding Units of Performance Assessment
| Anja Thieme and Cecily Morrison
As AI becomes more deeply integrated into every aspect of our lives, it is essential that AI systems perform appropriately for their intended use. We know AI models can never be perfect, so how do we decide when AI performance…
In the news | The Washington Post
Crypto pulled off its big upgrade. Even larger ambitions await.
The platform that hosts many of the world’s NFT and cryptocurrency trades just completed one of the trickiest upgrades in modern technology. Now come the really big goals. Earlier this week, ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and his team successfully finished…
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当前，我们正在经历一波又一波计算机技术的突破，这些突破几乎改变了我们生活的方方面面。人工智能让我们的开发和创造方式产生了变革，人类语言技术彻底改变了医疗专业人员的工作流程，深度学习加速了我们理解和预测从原子到星系规模的自然现象的能力。与此同时，云计算的基础也在历经着一场彻头彻尾的重塑。 要让这些新的技术突破对社会发展有所裨益，就需要全球科研界以一种全新的方式连接到一起。从高度理论到即时可用，发明和...