Artificial Intelligence
Building intelligent machines that complement human reasoning and extend what people can do.
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Green Cloud Computing
We are actively pursuing a sustainable form of cloud computing, Green Cloud Computing, to reduce the energy consumption and cut down carbon emission accordingly.
Microsoft Research Blog
Azure AI milestone: Microsoft KEAR surpasses human performance on CommonsenseQA benchmark
KEAR (Knowledgeable External Attention for commonsense Reasoning)—along with recent milestones in computer vision and neural text-to-speech—is part of a larger Azure AI (opens in new tab) mission to provide relevant, meaningful AI solutions and services that work better…
![An illustration of the KEAR architecture represented by five panels side by side. The first contains an input question—“What is a treat that your dog will enjoy?”—and the answer choices “salad,” “petted,” “affection,” “bone,” and “lots of attention.” The second panel has three boxes, each representing retrieval from a specific knowledge source. A box labeled “Knowledge Graph” has a silhouette of a dog and underneath it and labeled “desires” a silhouette of a dog being petted; a heart representing “affection”; a bone; and clapping hands representing “lots of attention.” A box labeled “relevant questions” has the question “What do dogs like to eat?” and the accompanying answer “Bones.” A boxed labeled “dictionary” contains the definition of “bone”: “a composite material making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.” The third panel, labeled “concatenation with input,” contains the input question followed by “Dog, desires, bone. Dog, desires, lots of attention” followed by the relevant question and finally the dictionary definition of bone. In between each is a separation token [SEP]. The fourth panel is labeled “language model” and contains a quote box labeled “language services,” a cube labeled “model,” and left and right braces punctuation within a circle labeled “language understanding.” The fifth panel is labeled “output” and includes silhouettes of each of the five answer choices. The silhouette of the bone is highlighted in blue, representing the appropriate response.](https://cm-edgetun.pages.dev/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1400x788_Common_Sense_still_no_logo-1-scaled.jpg){kind=logo}
Microsoft Research Blog
Azure AI milestone: New Neural Text-to-Speech models more closely mirror natural speech
Neural Text-to-Speech—along with recent milestones in computer vision and question answering—is part of a larger Azure AI (opens in new tab) mission to provide relevant, meaningful AI solutions and services that work better for people…
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Bioacoustics
Bioacoustics is a cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics. Usually, it refers to the investigation of sound production, dispersion and reception in animals (including humans). In our research lab, we collaborate with conservation organizations…
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Unification – Map
Series – Customer Insights in Under 5 Ever wonder what “intelligent mapping” does? What entities to include in the Map phase of Unification? Or maybe what all the fuse is about Types? In this video…