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Microsoft’s Eric Horvitz sees AI-human synergy
Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a rising competitor for human intelligence, in settings ranging from human-vs.-machine card games to the “Terminator” movie series. But according to Eric Horvitz, the director of Microsoft Research Labs, the hottest trends in AI have more to do … Continue reading
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UW, Microsoft join $25M DNA data storage project
The University of Washington and Microsoft will take part in a federally funded effort to develop data storage techniques using synthetic DNA. Get the news brief on GeekWire.
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Tagged Data Storage, DNA, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, Science, Technology, University of Washington
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Automated DNA data storage demonstrated
DNA data storage holds the promise of putting huge amounts of information into a test tube — but who wants to carry test tubes around a data center all day? Researchers from Microsoft ahd the University of Washington are working … Continue reading
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Tagged Data Storage, DNA, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, Technology, University of Washington
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What will quantum computing do for us?
Quantum computer scientist Krysta Svore has a dream. In her dream, she arrives at the week’s Northwest Quantum Nexus Summit at the University of Washington in a self-driving car that uses quantum computation to sharpen the precision of its GPS readings and … Continue reading
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Tagged Computer Science, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, Quantum Computing, Technology
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Northwest pioneers team up on quantum frontier
Experts in the weird and woolly field of quantum computing tend to concentrate on one slice of the challenge, whether it’s developing hardware, algorithms or applications — but in the region that’s home to Microsoft and Amazon, the University of … Continue reading
AI2 and Microsoft join forces on academic search
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, also known as AI2, is partnering with Microsoft Research to widen the sphere of scientific search tools by connecting AI2’s Semantic Scholar academic search engine with the Microsoft Academic Graph. Semantic Scholar is a free online tool makes use of … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, Allen Institute, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, Technology
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Microsoft is turning down some sales over AI ethics
Concerns over the potential abuse of artificial intelligence technology have led Microsoft to cut off significant sales, says Eric Horvitz, technical fellow and director at Microsoft Research Labs. Horvitz laid out Microsoft’s commitment to AI ethics today during the Carnegie Mellon University – … Continue reading
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Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, Technology
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Scientists double down on DNA data storage
Twist Bioscience says it’s extending its collaboration with Microsoft and the University of Washington on a project aimed at perfecting a process for encoding digital data in DNA molecules. In a news release issued today, San Francisco-based Twist said Microsoft will … Continue reading
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Tagged Data Storage, DNA, Microsoft Research, Technology, Twist Bioscience, University of Washington
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How a robo-trap zeroes in on Zika mosquitoes
BOSTON – Microsoft’s robotic mosquito trap is so smart it can tell one insect species from another – and that’s good news for scientists fighting the Zika virus, dengue fever and other mosquito-borne maladies. It can also tell if you’re buzzing … Continue reading
Microsoft bets big on quantum computers
Microsoft says it’s moving ahead from just talking about quantum computing to building an actual quantum computer, based on the physics that won a Nobel Prize this year. The project will be headed by longtime Microsoft executive Todd Holmdahl, who … Continue reading
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