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In addition to continuing the Swiss Joint Research Center, a long-standing cooperation with ETH and EPFL, Microsoft is collaborating with ETH to build a Mixed Reality & AI Zurich Lab to conduct research in the…

Imagine having a virtual assistant who knows you through and through and can help you in all sorts of tasks and issues in your work and life. Microsoft’s top researchers in Asia predict that artificial…

Microsoft will wie schon in den vergangenen Jahren weiterhin in eine Forschungszusammenarbeit mit der ETH und der EPFL investieren. Um dies zu bekräftigen stattete am 30. Oktober sogar CEO Satya Nadella persönlich der ETH einen…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that underwater server farms are part of the company’s plans for future data centers. Microsoft has been experimenting with underwater servers for some time. Project Natick put a server pod…

A new report from Microsoft claims the UK has the right mix of ingredients to be a clear ‘game changer’ for the AI industry. The UK has established itself as a leader in AI with…

As a powerhouse of ideas and innovation, the Beijing lab of Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) is a surprisingly placid place. There is a quiet sense of contemplation here, almost as if it were a bastion…

Some people thought the laying of the trans-Atlantic cable might bring world peace, because connecting humans could only lead to better understanding and empathy. That wasn’t the outcome—and recent utopian ideas about communication have also…

Microsoft and Cambridge University have joined forces in a multimillion pound initiative to address the problem of ‘brain drain’ in AI and machine learning research.

Microsoft has revealed two new training programs to tackle the shortage of AI-related skills in business and academia. The first of the two programs, Microsoft AI Academy, will run face-to-face and online training sessions for…