IDEAS Research
Science + Innovation for Next-Gen Productivity IDEAS Research is the applied science team in IDEAS, the central data organization in Microsoft’s Copilot division. Our mission is to advance the frontier of human productivity in the…
ThetaEvolve: Test-time Learning on Open Problems
Fara-7B
Microsoft’s first agentic small language model specifically designed for computer use. With only 7 billion parameters, Fara-7B achieves state-of-the-art performance within its size class and is competitive with larger, more resource-intensive agentic systems that depend…
Machine Intelligence
Advanced machine learning research, grounded in trust, efficiency, capability. The Machine Intelligence team at MSR Cambridge (UK) is dedicated to foundational machine-learning research, guided by the principles of responsible AI, collaboration, and scientific excellence. Our…
People-Centric AI
Developing knowledge, model capabilities, and experiences that centre human values. People-Centric AI develops knowledge, model capabilities, and experiences that enable human agency and skill, support creativity and collaboration, and ensure equitable representation and participation. We…