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Microsoft Research Blog
Research Focus: Week of April 15, 2024
In this issue: New research on appropriate reliance on generative AI; Power management opportunities for LLMs in the cloud; LLMLingua-2 improves task-agnostic prompt compression; Enhancing COMET to embrace under-resourced African languages:
Publication
Towards Inclusive Futures for Worker Wellbeing
Podcast
Ideas: Language technologies for everyone with Kalika Bali
The new series “Ideas” debuts with guest Kalika Bali. The speech and language tech researcher talks sci-fi and its impact on her career, the design thinking philosophy behind her research, and the “outrageous idea” she…
Video
Behind the label: Glimpses of data labelling labours for AI
ChatGPT is the latest of AI systems to make the headlines for its remarkable computational capabilities. Lesser known and rarely acknowledged is the human labours involved in training and supporting these celebrated AI systems. Thousands…
Video
Irrational Design: Considering Reflexivity, Speculation and Long-term Engagement in Human-Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D)
Enthusiasm for using human-centered design persists among HCI and HCI4D researchers and practitioners; funding agencies continue to support efforts to use this design strategy in development projects. However, few—if any—of these projects reach their potential.…
