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In an intriguing podcast episode, Mark from IDUN Technologies sat down with the renowned Ivan Tashev of Microsoft Research to discuss Ivan’s work at Microsoft, BCI and EEG. It was a privilege to hear from…

Microsoft has come up with a new AI, and this time the Redmond-based tech giant found a way to build an AI capable of building applications that use AI to solve tasks. This one is…

Using satellite imagery by Planet, a Microsoft AI tool compared the pictures before and after the fire and made maps to help organizations like the Red Cross assess the damages.

After leading strategy for a health plan and a pioneering digital-health startup, Sullivan wanted an even bigger arena. Sullivan joined Microsoft in 2017 to help the company’s global research organization find its footing in healthcare.…

Juan Lavista Ferres, chief data scientist at Microsoft’s AI For Good Lab, tells Tech Life how artificial intelligence can help predict wildfires.

With the rise of generative AI models like ChatGPT, there come questions of how this technology can be used in industry, especially in healthcare. At this year’s DIA conference, Dr. Hoifung Poon, general manager of…

Following the Lahaina wildfire’s impact, Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab has leveraged advanced AI solutions to help assess the damage incurred by the disaster. Juan M. Lavista Ferres, Chief Scientist and Lab Director at…

In Maui’s historic town of Lahaina, more than half of the community’s 2,810 buildings have been damaged by a wildfire that this week obliterated the landscape. More than 1,200 of the impacted structures were essentially…

This article is about how these models could be used in medical scenarios, current limitations and future research areas, and the how the medical community should agree on how to use this technology.

As we think about the growing wildfire season around the world and its impact on people and the planet, it’s easy to feel powerless. But AI can help.