In the news | ACM Bytecast
ACM Bytecast Ep49 – Jacki O’Neill
In this episode of ACM ByteCast, Bruke Kifle hosts Jacki O'Neill, Director of the Microsoft Africa Research Institute (MARI) in Nairobi, Kenya, where she is building a multi-disciplinary team combining research, engineering, and design to solve local problems globally. Her…
GraphRAG: Unlocking LLM discovery on narrative private data
| Jonathan Larson and Steven Truitt
Editor’s note, Apr. 2, 2024 – Figure 1 was updated to clarify the origin of each source. Perhaps the greatest challenge – and opportunity – of LLMs is extending their powerful capabilities to solve problems beyond the data on which…
In the news | Microsoft News Center
3 big AI trends to watch in 2024
2023 was a major year for generative AI, as it went from research labs to real life with millions of people using it through popular tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. This year, AI is expected to become more accessible,…
In the news | TheSequence
Don’t Overlook China’s Open Source LLMs
AI Controller Interface | Microsoft Research released a prototype of AI Controller Interface (AICI), a framework to implement controllers that constraint the outputs of LLMs. AICI’s architecture allows the implementation of custom logic blocks the during the token decoding process…
In the news | Planet Webinar
Natural Disaster Management: Using AI for Rapid Building Damage Assessment
AI + satellite data is helping authorities rapidly assess the extent of damage to buildings after disasters, enabling organizations to target their efforts to deliver critical aid. Webinar with Planet's Andrew Zolli and Microsoft's Juan M. Lavista Ferres.
AI Controller Interface: Generative AI with a lightweight, LLM-integrated VM
| Emre Kiciman and Michal Moskal
The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has revolutionized the way people create text and interact with computing. However, these models are limited in ensuring the accuracy of the content they generate and enforcing strict compliance with specific formats, such…
Research Focus: Week of February 5, 2024
Research Focus: New Research Forum series explores bold ideas in the era of AI; LASER improves reasoning in language models; Cache-Efficient Top-k Aggregation over High Cardinality Large Datasets; Six Microsoft researchers named 2023 ACM Fellows.
In the news | GeekWire
AI in Seattle: Coming Out of Stealth Mode
As a devastating fire raced through Lahaina last summer, planning for emergency aid and recovery was well underway, even before aid organizations could arrive. Aid workers knew just where to go in the ravaged town to make best use of…
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