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Editor\u2019s Note<\/strong>: In the diverse and multifaceted world of research, individual contributions can add up to significant results over time. In this new series of posts, we\u2019re connecting the dots to provide an overview of how researchers at Microsoft and their collaborators are working towards significant customer and societal outcomes that are broader than any single discipline. Here, we\u2019ve curated a selection of the work Microsoft researchers are doing to advance responsible AI. Researchers <\/em>Saleema Amershi<\/a>, <\/em>Ece Kamar<\/a>, <\/em>Kristin Lauter<\/a>, <\/em>Jenn Wortman Vaughan<\/a>, and <\/em>Hanna Wallach<\/a> contributed to this post.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft is committed to the advancement and use of AI grounded in principles that put people first and benefit society. We are putting these principles into practice throughout the company by embracing diverse perspectives, fostering continuous learning, and proactively responding as AI technology evolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers at Microsoft are making significant contributions to the advancement of responsible AI practices, techniques and technologies \u2013 spanning areas of human-AI interaction and collaboration, fairness, intelligibility and transparency, privacy, reliability and safety, and other areas of research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple research efforts on responsible AI at Microsoft have been supported and coordinated by the company\u2019s Aether Committee and its set of expert working groups. Aether is a cross-company board that plays a key role in the company\u2019s work to operationalize responsible AI at scale, with efforts on formulating and making recommendations on issues and processes\u2014and with hosting deep dives on technical challenges and tools around responsible AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aether working groups focus on important opportunity areas, including human-AI interaction and collaboration, bias and fairness, intelligibility and transparency, reliability and safety, engineering practices, and sensitive uses of AI<\/em>. Microsoft researchers actively lead and participate in the work of Aether, conducting research across disciplines and engaging with organizations and experts inside and outside of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We embrace open collaboration across disciplines to strengthen and accelerate responsible AI, spanning software engineering and development to social sciences, user research, law and policy. To further this collaboration, we open-source many tools and datasets that others can use to contribute and build upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This work builds on Microsoft\u2019s long history of innovation to make computing more accessible and dependable for people around the world \u2013 including the creation of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle, the Trustworthy Computing initiative, and pioneering work in accessibility and localization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Responsible AI is really all about the how: how do we design, develop and deploy these systems that are fair, reliable, safe and trustworthy. And to do this, we need to think of Responsible AI as a set of socio-technical problems. We need to go beyond just improving the data and models. We also have to think about the people who are ultimately going to be interacting with these systems.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u2014Dr. Saleema Amershi, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and Co-chair of the Aether Human-AI Interaction & Collaboration Working Group<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This page provides an overview of some key areas where Microsoft researchers are contributing to more responsible, secure and trustworthy AI systems. For more perspective on responsible AI and other technology and policy issues, check out our podcast<\/a> with Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith. For background on the Aether Committee, listen to this podcast<\/a> with Microsoft\u2019s Chief Scientist and Aether chair Eric Horvitz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is by no means an exhaustive list of efforts; read our blog<\/a>, listen to our podcast<\/a>, and subscribe to our newsletter (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> to stay up to date on all things research at Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Microsoft\u2019s commitment to responsible AI<\/a>. For more guidelines and tools to help responsibly use AI at every stage of innovation, visit the Responsible AI resource center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n