Exploring the structural changes driving protein function with BioEmu-1
| Sarah Lewis, Tim Hempel, Jose Jimenez-Luna, Michael Gastegger, Yu Xie, Victor García Satorras, Osama Abdin, Bas Veeling, Ryota Tomioka, and Frank Noé
Meet BioEmu-1 from Microsoft Research. This deep learning model can generate thousands of protein structures per hour, unlocking new possibilities for protein scientists and drug discovery and research.
In the news | Tech Community
Harnessing AI’s Potential in Healthcare: Overcoming Benchmarking Challenges
In the news | The Wall Street Journal
When Your Last Name Is Null, Nothing Works
Nontra Yantaprasert couldn’t wait to take her husband’s shorter and easier-to-pronounce last name. She didn’t know what kinds of problems it would cause. His last name is Null, the same word used by computer scientists to mean “no value” or…
Introducing Muse: Our first generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation
| Katja Hofmann
Today Nature published Microsoft’s research detailing our WHAM, an AI model that generates video game visuals & controller actions. We are releasing the model weights, sample data, & WHAM Demonstrator on Azure AI Foundry, enabling researchers to build on the…
Ideas: Quantum computing redefined with Chetan Nayak
| Gretchen Huizinga and Dr. Chetan Nayak
Microsoft announced the creation of the first topoconductor and first QPU architecture with a topological core. Dr. Chetan Nayak, a technical fellow of Quantum Hardware at the company, discusses how the breakthroughs are redefining the field of quantum computing.
In the news | TheSequence
One of the Best Agent Frameworks in the Market Just Got Way Better
AutoGen has undergone significant evolution since its inception, driven by the need for more efficient, flexible, and scalable agentic AI systems. The release of AutoGen v0.4 introduces a fundamental architectural shift, addressing prior inefficiencies and enhancing its capabilities.
In the news | The Pragmatic Engineer
Developer productivity with Dr. Nicole Forsgren (creator of DORA, co-creator of SPACE)
Nicole is one of the foremost experts in developer productivity, and author of the book Accelerate. She details how to think about, measure & improve developer productivity.
In the news | Github Blog
New GPT-4o Copilot code completion model available now in public preview for Copilot in VSCode
A new code completion model, GPT-4o Copilot, can now be enabled by VS Code users. This new model based on GPT-4o mini has additional training on over 275,000 high-quality public repositories in over 30 popular programming languages. As a result, you can…
In the news | Social Media Fails Many Users. Experts Have an Idea to Fix It
Remaking “Prosocial” Media
E. Glen Weyl and his coauthors have proposed a new "prosocial" structure for social media, where posts are flagged with the context of where they are socially accepted and users can navigate to see opposing perspectives on divisive issues.