AI将怎样影响人类社会？
编者按：大模型时代的到来，使得人工智能成为了真正影响人类社会的重要技术之一，如何打造“负责任的人工智能”的问题正变得愈发迫切和关键。一直以来，微软始终致力于依照以人为本的伦理原则推进人工智能的发展，微软亚洲研究院也将“社会责任人工智能（Societal AI）”作为一个重要的研究方向。 2023年，微软亚洲研究院特别组织了“社会责任人工智能（Societal AI）”系列研讨会，为计算机领域的科研...
In the news | The Indian Express
Our bet on deep tech and frugal innovation will deliver a huge societal impact
Our bet on deep tech and frugal innovation will deliver a huge societal impact: Sriram Rajamani, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research India. In an interview to indianexpress.com, Sriram Rajamani talks about two such deep tech projects — Extreme Classification and…
如何在微软Edge浏览器上一键观看高清视频？
编者按：视频是当下最流行的媒体形式之一。但由于视频压缩、网络不稳定等原因，我们常常可以看到互联网上的很多视频其画面质量并不理想，尤其是在浏览器端，这极大地影响了观看体验。不过，近期微软 Edge 浏览器推出了一项新功能，一键就可以让浏览器中的视频变为高清版。这项神奇功能背后的技术秘诀是什么？今天，让我们一起来了解一下微软 Edge 视频超分辨率功能的“秘密武器”——来自微软亚洲研究院的智能视频增强...
In the news | WSJ’s The Future of Everything
Real or AI? The Tech Giants Racing to Stop the Spread of Fake Images
AI-generated or manipulated images are quickly becoming a lot more realistic. Soon, it may be impossible to tell the difference. That could create an opportunity for people to spread misinformation, and make it difficult to know what’s real. Tech companies…
AI Frontiers: The future of scale with Ahmed Awadallah and Ashley Llorens
| Ahmed Awadallah and Ashley Llorens
What’s the driving force behind AI’s recent, rapid progress? Research manager Ahmed Awadallah shares his insights on this, the two-stage approach to training large-scale models, and the need for better model evaluation in this episode of the #MSRPodcast.
Microsoft at ACM SIGCOMM 2023: Innovating the future of networking
| Ranveer Chandra, Eashan Gupta, Ilias Marinos, Anuj Kalia, Francis Y. Yan, Rohan Gandhi, Venkat Padmanabhan, Sreangsu Acharyya, Siva Kesava Reddy Kakarla, and Dave Maltz
Editor’s note, Sept. 19, 2023 – The number of papers accepted at SIGCOMM was updated to correct a factual error. Modern applications heavily rely on robust network infrastructure, requiring continuous innovation. In this evolving landscape, Microsoft is at the forefront,…
In the news | TechCrunch
Microsoft open sources EvoDiff, a novel protein-generating AI
This week, Microsoft introduced a general-purpose framework, EvoDiff, that the company claims can generate “high-fidelity,” “diverse” proteins given a protein sequence. Different from other protein-generating frameworks, EvoDiff doesn’t require any structural information about the target protein, cutting out what’s typically…
Research Focus: Week of September 11, 2023
In this issue: Efficient polyglot analytics on semantic data aids query performance; generative retrieval for conversational question answering improves dialogue-based interfaces; a new tool uses ML to address capacity degradation in lithium-ion batteries.
Abstracts: September 13, 2023
| Gretchen Huizinga, Ava Amini, and Kevin Kaichuang Yang
The new #MSRPodcast series “Abstracts” is your source for cutting-edge research in brief. In the first episode, join researchers Ava Amini and Kevin K. Yang to learn about their new paper on using evolutionary-scale protein data to improve protein design.