Ashley J. Llorens

Such an honor to spend a full hour having a fascinating discussion with @Microsoft CTO @kevin_scott about life, music, technology and our shared experience conducting inadvisable experiments with power outlets.

Researchers at Microsoft emphasize the importance of globally equitable AI. Join us at Research Forum on June 4 to learn more about data representation, the latest foundational advances, and how inclusive AI creates impact. Register now.

Excited to be working with @SanctuaryAI and collaborators across industry and academia to advance research in embodied AI including perception, reasoning, planning, and safe and effective collaboration among humans and intelligent systems.

phi-3 is here, and it's ... good :-). I made a quick short demo to give you a feel of what phi-3-mini (3.8B) can do. Stay tuned for the open weights release and more announcements tomorrow morning! (And ofc this wouldn't be complete without the usual table of benchmarks!)

I'm thrilled to announce a new opening in my group, for a Principal Researcher role in my team! Help us drive deep scientific insights and shape future machine learning applications in gaming and other application areas. Learn more and apply here: jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/…

Such a pleasure to talk to @ashleyllorens about grounding intelligence in brains & building & evaluating brain inspired AI. Ashley inspired me to articulate big picture ideas about cognitive components that can be orchestrated to solve different problems, like cognitive LEGO.🙏🏼

What is general intelligence, and what can the evolution of the brain across species teach us about building AI? In this episode of the “AI Frontiers” podcast series, Principal Researcher Ida Momennejad shares her work in brain-inspired multi-agent AI. msft.it/6014cQJ3w

So pleased to welcome to @MSFTResearch our new (but very familiar) colleagues at @MicrosoftAfrica Research Institute (MARI) in Nairobi, Kenya! They will amplify our research into creating a more productive future globally. microsoft.com/en-us/research…

Happening tomorrow—Microsoft Research Forum: Episode 2! Register now to join us on March 5 at 9:00 AM PT to learn more about the real-world impact of AI. msft.it/6015cn3XD

Chris Bishop, Technical Fellow & AI4Science Director, will share AI4Science's vision for leveraging AI to model and predict natural phenomena during his keynote, "The Revolution in Scientific Discovery." Register for Microsoft Research Forum on March 5. msft.it/6016cRFoK

As AI brings rapid changes, open and collaborative research is more important than ever. In this new series, Microsoft researchers share their insights and aspirations. Catch a replay of the inaugural conversation and register for upcoming sessions. msft.it/6014i0UWO

Microsoft announces the AFMR Minority Serving Institutions grant recipients, advancing AI research focused on today’s most significant technical and societal challenges. The grant provides funding and access to Azure-hosted foundation models. msft.it/6018iL9Tm

Meet the 2024 Microsoft Research AI & Society fellows. These esteemed fellows will join researchers at Microsoft from all over the world to collaborate across 13 high impact research challenges. Learn more about the fellows and the research challenges. msft.it/6015iLc3x

Episode One of Microsoft Research Forum is next week! January 30 at 9:00 AM PT. Register now ⬇️ msft.it/6017ivaL1

Starting the year with a small update, phi-2 is now under MIT license, enjoy everyone! huggingface.co/microsoft/phi-2

#AI has gone from research artifacts and background processes to always-ready collaborators in our pockets during this last year. Join my team and me in reflecting on the dizzying run of advancements and contributions @MSFTResearch during #2023.

We have also developed a powerful set of techniques to help steer frontier models to even greater performance, first with MedPrompt, now extended with additional resources we’re making available on GitHub as promptbase. msft.it/6041ipYHB

I'm immensely proud of the work that my colleagues in Microsoft Research showcased at this week’s NeurIPS Conference regarding foundation models of all sizes, including Phi-2, which matches or outperforms models up to 25x larger.

Today, we share our teams’ latest contributions, Phi-2 and promptbase. Phi-2 outperforms other existing small language models, yet it’s small enough to run on a laptop or mobile device. msft.it/6040ipYH6

Cecily Morrison and Karolina Pakėnaitė are collaborators on a research prototype designed to help members of the blind community find their personal items. Learn how the work is advancing an approach to empower people to shape their own AI experiences: msft.it/6013iuPeF

ASL Citizen is the first crowdsourced sign language dataset, advancing the state of the art in sign recognition. The web-based project captured input from people in real-world settings, and from a diverse group of experts, including Deaf team members. bit.ly/41189s4