{"id":1148831,"date":"2025-08-29T06:21:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=1148831"},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T02:31:48","slug":"colm-2025","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/colm-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"COLM 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft is proud to be a sponsor of the Conference on Language Models (<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/colmweb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COLM<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>), an academic venue dedicated to advancing the study of language modeling. 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