Some AI failures are obvious. Others look right...until they compound.

Microsoft Partner Research Manager Jennifer Neville shares “surprising failures” that challenge our assumptions about what should be easy or hard for AI with host Chad Atalla. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

Training AI agents with reinforcement learning can be challenging because their tools, context, and decision-making are managed by complex frameworks. Agent Lightning connects existing agents to RL training, making it easier to improve them without rebuilding them.: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

Progress involves stops, starts, and pivots. It’s rarely linear—for people or AI systems.

Jennifer Neville explores the turns that led her to AI and the ways she’s identifying AI failures so the tech can do more—and better—than what it’s doing today. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

Extreme space-weather events can damage power systems on Earth and degrade GPS accuracy and satellite operations. A new machine learning system can predict where damage is likely to occur 30-60 minutes before a storm arrives: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

Since launching a year ago, the Microsoft Research Asia — Singapore lab has established a strong foundation, deepened collaboration across government, academia, and industry, and explored how frontier AI research can create real-world value: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

Securing data when trusted hardware is compromised; monitoring underwater recordings to protect endangered whales; Living Library enables conversations with historical figures; AI builders should listen to the young people who will ultimately use it. www.linkedin.com/pulse/monito...

Robots are getting smarter, but how can their hardware match that growth? New Microsoft Research findings show that moving AI inference beyond the robot can improve task success, boost efficiency, and support more advanced physical AI workloads. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

Custom-made molecules are advancing medicine, materials, and agriculture, but producing them is slow and expensive. A new Nature paper highlights RetroChimera, a predictive model that helps accelerate chemical synthesis.: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

A look at how coding agents behave at scale; evaluating AI models that find lymphoma lesions in PET/CT scans; understanding AI chatbot dependence; and advancing large-scale decision-making systems. Dive into the latest issue of Research Focus.: www.linkedin.com/pulse/evalua...

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What if pathology foundation models could do more with less? GigaPath-Flash and GigaTIME-Flash cut computational demands while maintaining strong performance, opening the door to larger studies and broader exploration. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

Day 1 of Microsoft Build is a wrap. A lot happened today, and we brought some of our favorite tools to the floor for developers to get hands-on with. Explore it all: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...