(De)ToxiGen: Leveraging large language models to build more robust hate speech detection tools
| Hamid Palangi and Dipankar Ray
It’s a well-known challenge that large language models (LLMs)—growing in popularity thanks to their adaptability across a variety of applications—carry risks. Because they’re trained on large amounts of data from across the internet, they’re capable of generating inappropriate and harmful…
In the news | Microsoft Security Response Center Blog
New Research Paper: Pre-hijacking Attacks on Web User Accounts
In 2020, MSRC awarded two Identity Project Research Grants to support external researchers working to further strengthen the security of identity protocols and systems. Today we are pleased to release the results of the first of these projects. This research, led by…
ACL 2022 | NLP领域最新热门研究，你一定不能错过！
编者按：作为自然语言处理领域的国际顶级学术会议，ACL 每年都吸引了大量学者投稿和参会，今年的 ACL 大会将于5月22日至5月27日举办。值得注意的是，这也是 ACL 大会采用 ACL Rolling Review 机制后的首次尝试。在此次会议中，微软亚洲研究院有多篇论文入选，本文精选了其中的6篇进行简要介绍，论文主题涵盖了：编码器解码器框架、自然语言生成、知识神经元、抽取式文本摘要、预训练语言...
In the news | Microsoft India Paradigm Shift Podcast
Paradigm Shift, Episode 3: Pitches and Pawns
From analyzing every cricketing shot in the book, to infusing intelligence on the chessboard, to reimagining how fans engage with the players and the game–AI is shaping the next best move in sports.
3D视频会议系统VirtualCube：相隔万里也如近在咫尺般身临其境
编者按：常言道：“眼睛是心灵的窗户”，眼神交流所传达的信息也可以进一步提升人们的沟通效果。然而，随着视频聊天、视频会议逐渐成为常态，大家不禁要问，我们有多久没有与同事、朋友、家人确认过眼神了？ 而微软亚洲研究院的研究项目 3D 视频会议系统 VirtualCube，可以让在线会议的与会者建立自然的眼神交互，沉浸式的体验就像在同一个房间内面对面交流一样。该技术的相关论文被全球虚拟现实学术会议 IEE...
EcoPod @Farm on Ogden
Saturday, May 21 Microsoft's EcoPod is honored to be hosted by @Chicago Botanic Garden (opens in new tab)for their Spring Plant Event at the Farm on Ogden (opens in new tab). Starting at 11am thru 4pm, join researchers, scientists, botanists,…
In the news | Microsoft EU Policy Blog
Microsoft responds to European Cloud Provider feedback with new programs and principles
You may have read last month in news reports about concerns raised in Europe about some of Microsoft’s software licensing practices that impact competing cloud providers. As I said to journalists then, we felt that “while not all of these…
In the news | MICROSOFT AZURE BLOG
Microsoft and AT&T demonstrate 5G-powered video analytics
In November 2021, Microsoft and AT&T announced the launch of Microsoft Azure public MEC (multi-access edge compute) with AT&T’s site in Atlanta, Georgia. To light up new compelling applications with Azure public MEC that benefit from low latency 5G connectivity, we…
FLUTE: A scalable federated learning simulation platform
| Dimitrios Dimitriadis, Mirian Hipolito Garcia, Daniel Eduardo Madrigal Diaz, Andre Manoel, and Robert Sim
Federated learning has become a major area of machine learning (ML) research in recent years due to its versatility in training complex models over massive amounts of data without the need to share that data with a centralized entity. However,…