AI For Good Lab
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In the news | Microsoft on the Issues
Accelerating AI opportunity and climate solutions in Africa
Microsoft firmly believes that AI has tremendous potential to accelerate solutions to the various challenges societies are facing, including the climate crisis.
In the news | Politico
Microsoft goes from bad boy to top cop in the age of AI
Alongside efforts to use artificial intelligence to find new cures for cancer and combat climate change, the Microsoft AI for Good’s small engineering team has another job: figuring out how to detect AI-powered deepfake videos, audio clips and images bombarding…
In the news | PR Newswire
TrueMedia.org to Enhance Deepfake Detection Capabilities
TrueMedia.org in collaboration with Microsoft, will include utilizing deepfake detection capabilities of Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab to train AI detection models, share relevant data, evaluate, and refine new detection models, and provide feedback on quality and classification methodologies.
In the news | Microsoft on the Issues: Spotlight on AI
Advancing AI Responsibly: AI for Good
In many cases AI isn’t just a solution to these problems, it is the only solution. And we believe it is important to use AI for good. The rise of generative AI in recent years has only magnified the reach…
In the news | GeekWire
Can AI save the world? New book from Microsoft aims to show the potential for positive change
In advance of the new AI for Good book release, Juan M. Lavista Ferres joins Todd Bishop of GeekWire for a conversation about the lab’s work, the potential for AI to bring about positive change in the world, and takeaways…
In the news | Unlocked
The rhythms of the rainforest
Hear Amazon’s call for conservation through bioacoustics. In the heart of South America lies the Amazon Rainforest, a crucial component of the Earth’s ecological balance. Spanning across nine countries and covering over 5.5 million square kilometers, the Amazon is not…
In the news | LinkedIn Article
AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health
In the past six years, as head of the AI for Good Labs at Microsoft, Juan M. Lavista Ferres has had the extraordinary privilege of working on some of the most inspiring and impactful projects at the intersection of artificial…
In the news | Semafor Technology
A pitch on AI for Good
Since the ChatGPT moment back in November 2022, much of the AI conversation has revolved around the risks and fear of this new technology. And when those things are being discussed, there is always an obligatory line about how technology…
In the news | Planet
IHME, Microsoft, And Planet Collaborate To Map Climate-Vulnerable Populations In Unprecedented Detail
From intensifying natural disasters and food insecurity, to public health crises and forced migration, we live at a time of unprecedented climate risks. Each of us is exposed to these risks in a different way, and we do not all…