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AI tools often perform poorly in non-Western languages and lack cultural context that’s crucial for many populations. Project Gecko uses small language models to deliver vital content that extends AI’s benefits to serve the global majority: msft.it/6018t3Rrn
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
AI tools often perform poorly in non-Western languages and lack cultural context that’s crucial for many populations. Project Gecko uses small language models to deliver vital content that extends AI’s benefits to serve the global majority: msft.it/6018t3Rrn
BlueCodeAgent is an end-to-end blue-teaming framework built to boost code security using automated red-teaming processes, data, and safety rules to guide LLMs’ defensive decisions. Dynamic testing reduces false positives in vulnerability detection: msft.it/6014tMvnr
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BlueCodeAgent is an end-to-end blue-teaming framework built to boost code security using automated red-teaming processes, data, and safety rules to guide LLMs’ defensive decisions. Dynamic testing reduces false positives in vulnerability detection: msft.it/6014tMvnr
Congratulations to Esha Choukse for receiving the ACM SIGMICRO Early Career Award! This recognition honors her for foundational contributions to hardware memory compression and sustainable and efficient datacenter systems. She is a Principal Researcher in Azure Research – Systems. msft.it/6014tzZsC
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations to Esha Choukse for receiving the ACM SIGMICRO Early Career Award! This recognition honors her for foundational contributions to hardware memory compression and sustainable and efficient datacenter systems. She is a Principal Researcher in Azure Research – Systems. msft.it/6014tzZsC
Microsoft researchers are driving trends and tackling major challenges in the midst of the ever-changing AI era. msft.it/6015tJvdx
Behind the breakthroughs: A day in the life at Microsoft Research | Microsoft Signal Blog | Microsoft
Five Microsoft researchers shared their stories with Forward Future, a daily AI newsletter, about the big problems they’re tackling and the trends shaping their work in the middle of an ever-changing ...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Microsoft researchers are driving trends and tackling major challenges in the midst of the ever-changing AI era. msft.it/6015tJvdx
Take your data exploration to the next level with Agentic Mode, now in the newest version of Data Formulator, available on Azure AI Foundry Labs. Update charts, get recommendations, and create reports grounded in your exploration. msft.it/6010tJyvk 1/2
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Take your data exploration to the next level with Agentic Mode, now in the newest version of Data Formulator, available on Azure AI Foundry Labs. Update charts, get recommendations, and create reports grounded in your exploration. msft.it/6010tJyvk 1/2
A collaboration between Signify and Microsoft Research shows how PIKE-RAG improves enterprise knowledge systems, delivering a 12% increase in accuracy and faster, more reliable answers: msft.it/6012tydu8
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A collaboration between Signify and Microsoft Research shows how PIKE-RAG improves enterprise knowledge systems, delivering a 12% increase in accuracy and faster, more reliable answers: msft.it/6012tydu8
AI agents are transforming digital marketplaces, mediating discovery and transactions between consumers and businesses. The new Magentic Marketplace provides an open-source, extensible simulation environment for studying different agentic market designs: msft.it/6014tyz9q
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
AI agents are transforming digital marketplaces, mediating discovery and transactions between consumers and businesses. The new Magentic Marketplace provides an open-source, extensible simulation environment for studying different agentic market designs: msft.it/6014tyz9q
Code agents help streamline software development workflows, but may also introduce critical security risks. Learn how RedCodeAgent automates and improves “red-teaming” attack simulations to help uncover real-world threats that other methods overlook: msft.it/6013shouB
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Code agents help streamline software development workflows, but may also introduce critical security risks. Learn how RedCodeAgent automates and improves “red-teaming” attack simulations to help uncover real-world threats that other methods overlook: msft.it/6013shouB
In this issue of Research Focus: ECHO boosts LM agents’ learning efficiency; Robusta enhances heuristic algorithms with LLMs; LEGOMem improves multi-agent workflows; and PulseParse secures data parsing: msft.it/6016tGwXK
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In this issue of Research Focus: ECHO boosts LM agents’ learning efficiency; Robusta enhances heuristic algorithms with LLMs; LEGOMem improves multi-agent workflows; and PulseParse secures data parsing: msft.it/6016tGwXK
Microsoft researchers received the Best Paper Award at ESEM 2025 for "When Domains Collide: An Activity Theory Exploration of Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration.” Learn more: msft.it/6012tEVKm
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Microsoft researchers received the Best Paper Award at ESEM 2025 for "When Domains Collide: An Activity Theory Exploration of Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration.” Learn more: msft.it/6012tEVKm
The StarTrack Scholars Program at Microsoft Research Asia offers young faculty a 3-month research opportunity to collaborate globally, gain access to world-class resources, and innovate for the future. Learn more and apply now: msft.it/6012t8Sme
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The StarTrack Scholars Program at Microsoft Research Asia offers young faculty a 3-month research opportunity to collaborate globally, gain access to world-class resources, and innovate for the future. Learn more and apply now: msft.it/6012t8Sme
Research is serious work, powered by real people. Get to know Director of Microsoft Research AI for Science Chris Bishop and learn what excites him beyond the lab.
October 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Research is serious work, powered by real people. Get to know Director of Microsoft Research AI for Science Chris Bishop and learn what excites him beyond the lab.
SentinelStep enables AI agents to handle monitoring tasks that run for hours or days, like watching for emails or tracking prices. It works by managing when agents should check and their context, avoiding wasted resources and missed updates. msft.it/6018sC85Y
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
SentinelStep enables AI agents to handle monitoring tasks that run for hours or days, like watching for emails or tracking prices. It works by managing when agents should check and their context, avoiding wasted resources and missed updates. msft.it/6018sC85Y
Paraphrasing a protein is like paraphrasing a sentence—the words change, but the meaning holds. Microsoft scientists applied this concept to toxic proteins, revealing a blind spot in DNA screening and leading a cross-sector team to develop a fix. msft.it/6010s4tW8
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Paraphrasing a protein is like paraphrasing a sentence—the words change, but the meaning holds. Microsoft scientists applied this concept to toxic proteins, revealing a blind spot in DNA screening and leading a cross-sector team to develop a fix. msft.it/6010s4tW8
Identifying and mitigating risk to support AI breakthroughs needs thoughtful, innovative approaches. In “Ideas,” Eric Horvitz and collaborators share the nuances of building a red-teaming protocol for testing and securing DNA biosecurity screening tools. msft.it/6015sF1vt
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Identifying and mitigating risk to support AI breakthroughs needs thoughtful, innovative approaches. In “Ideas,” Eric Horvitz and collaborators share the nuances of building a red-teaming protocol for testing and securing DNA biosecurity screening tools. msft.it/6015sF1vt
We’re a proud sponsor of #SOSP2025! From advancing performance debugging, to multilingual AI systems, our teams are pushing the boundaries of systems research. Explore the full list of accepted papers: msft.it/6014sNzS8
October 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We’re a proud sponsor of #SOSP2025! From advancing performance debugging, to multilingual AI systems, our teams are pushing the boundaries of systems research. Explore the full list of accepted papers: msft.it/6014sNzS8
How is agentic AI changing research in the modern lab? Join our October 28 webinar to explore real use cases in life sciences and see how AI copilots boost R&D productivity. msft.it/6019sFEZb
October 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
How is agentic AI changing research in the modern lab? Join our October 28 webinar to explore real use cases in life sciences and see how AI copilots boost R&D productivity. msft.it/6019sFEZb
Microsoft Chief Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz unveils a multi-year biosecurity study and tackles a core scientific dilemma: how to share sensitive findings that advance progress without inviting misuse. msft.it/6013s0clU
October 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Microsoft Chief Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz unveils a multi-year biosecurity study and tackles a core scientific dilemma: how to share sensitive findings that advance progress without inviting misuse. msft.it/6013s0clU
The wait is over! Microsoft Research is sharing Skala, the new exchange-correlation functional, marking a major milestone in the accuracy/cost trade-off in DFT. Help us learn from your testing so we can improve. Available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub. msft.it/6016sFDLY
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The wait is over! Microsoft Research is sharing Skala, the new exchange-correlation functional, marking a major milestone in the accuracy/cost trade-off in DFT. Help us learn from your testing so we can improve. Available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub. msft.it/6016sFDLY
In “Ideas,” collaborators Eric Horvitz, Bruce Wittmann, Tessa Alexanian, & James Diggans discuss a red-teaming effort that exposed & secured a biosecurity vulnerability in AI-driven protein design—& what the work shows about managing AI’s dual-use risks. msft.it/6010sLYsr
October 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In “Ideas,” collaborators Eric Horvitz, Bruce Wittmann, Tessa Alexanian, & James Diggans discuss a red-teaming effort that exposed & secured a biosecurity vulnerability in AI-driven protein design—& what the work shows about managing AI’s dual-use risks. msft.it/6010sLYsr
Microsoft researchers reveal a confidential research effort that explored how open-source AI tools could be used to bypass biosecurity checks—and helped create fixes now influencing global standards. msft.it/6015sxXo7
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Microsoft researchers reveal a confidential research effort that explored how open-source AI tools could be used to bypass biosecurity checks—and helped create fixes now influencing global standards. msft.it/6015sxXo7
Lidong Zhou, Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia, has been recognized and conferred an Honorary Fellowship by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for his work in advancing AI research and talent development. msft.it/6016sqSdA
September 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Lidong Zhou, Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia, has been recognized and conferred an Honorary Fellowship by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for his work in advancing AI research and talent development. msft.it/6016sqSdA
Yesterday’s Microsoft Research Forum is now available on-demand! Explore
how research is driving real-world impact from fundamental exploration to advancing AI responsibly, scaling innovation through products and open
source, and driving positive change for society. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
how research is driving real-world impact from fundamental exploration to advancing AI responsibly, scaling innovation through products and open
source, and driving positive change for society. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
September 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yesterday’s Microsoft Research Forum is now available on-demand! Explore
how research is driving real-world impact from fundamental exploration to advancing AI responsibly, scaling innovation through products and open
source, and driving positive change for society. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
how research is driving real-world impact from fundamental exploration to advancing AI responsibly, scaling innovation through products and open
source, and driving positive change for society. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
New research from Microsoft, Drexel, and the Broad explores how generative AI could support genetic professionals in rare disease diagnosis. msft.it/6019sS3P5
September 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New research from Microsoft, Drexel, and the Broad explores how generative AI could support genetic professionals in rare disease diagnosis. msft.it/6019sS3P5
Microsoft Research Forum livestream kicks off soon. Register and tune in here: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Microsoft Research Forum livestream kicks off soon. Register and tune in here: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...