Researchers and their collaborators are drawing inspiration from the brain to develop more sustainable AI models. Projects like CircuitNet and CPG-PE improve performance and energy efficiency by mimicking the brain's neural patterns. The post Innovations in AI: Brain-inspired design for more capable and sustainable technology appeared first on Microsoft Research.

Learn what’s next for AI at Research Forum on Sept. 3; WizardArena simulates human-annotated chatbot games; MInference speeds pre-filling for long-context LLMs via dynamic sparse attention; Reef: Fast succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge regex proofs. The post Research Focus: Week of August 26, 2024 appeared first on Microsoft Research.

In this issue: Research Forum Ep. 4 explores multimodal AI. Registration is now open; Surveying developers’ AI needs; SuperBench improves cloud AI infrastructure reliability; Virtual Voices: Exploring factors influencing participation in virtual meetings. The post Research Focus: Week of August 12, 2024 appeared first on Microsoft Research.

Microsoft researchers collaborated to release new pathology foundation models. Their report shows models benefit from diverse data, increased model size, and specialized algorithms to enhance the accuracy and applicability of cancer diagnosis and treatment. The post Large-scale pathology foundation models show promise on a variety of cancer-related tasks appeared first on Microsoft Research.

Designed for interactive storytelling in games, GENEVA lets users explore narrative paths and adapt stories to diverse contexts. It uses LLMs to generate and visualize branching narratives from high-level descriptions, representing them as graphs. The post GENEVA uses large language models for interactive game narrative design appeared first on Microsoft Research.

Integrating LLMs in video game development can create dynamic and interactive narratives. By involving players in the narrative design process, LLMs can generate unique player-driven strategies and provide valuable feedback for game designers. The post Players, creators, and AI collaborate to build and expand rich game narratives appeared first on Microsoft Research.

In this issue: Skeleton Posterior-guided OpTimization (SPOT) exhibits potential in various causal discovery tasks; Using visual imagery for an EEG-based brain–computer interface; Developing human-centered AI systems to assist creative professionals. The post Research Focus: Week of July 29, 2024 appeared first on Microsoft Research.

Introducing Trace, Microsoft and Stanford University's novel AI optimization framework, now available as a Python library. Trace adapts dynamically and optimizes a wide range of applications from language models to robot control. The post Tracing the path to self-adapting AI agents appeared first on Microsoft Research.

The competitive dynamics of AI agents and a method for learning and applying temporal action abstractions represent just some of Microsoft’s contributions to ICML 2024. The post Microsoft at ICML 2024: Innovations in machine learning appeared first on Microsoft Research.

Advancing time series analysis with multi-granularity guided diffusion model; An algorithm-system co-design for fast, scalable MoE inference; What makes a search metric successful in large-scale settings; learning to solve PDEs without simulated data. The post Research Focus: Week of July 15, 2024 appeared first on Microsoft Research.