AI For Good Lab

February 28, 2024

After years of public service announcements and tools to help people kick the habit, smoking is still the leading cause of preventable disease and death. Globally, there are 1.3 billion active tobacco users and, every year, roughly 8 million people…

February 27, 2024

Over the last decennia, scientific innovations in medicine significantly extended our life expectancy, while innovations in technology changed the way we deliver health and care. Despite these advances, today’s health challenges remain unprecedented: aging populations, the constant threat of climate…

February 8, 2024

AI + satellite data is helping authorities rapidly assess the extent of damage to buildings after disasters, enabling organizations to target their efforts to deliver critical aid. Webinar with Planet’s Andrew Zolli and Microsoft’s Juan M. Lavista Ferres.

February 7, 2024

As a devastating fire raced through Lahaina last summer, planning for emergency aid and recovery was well underway, even before aid organizations could arrive. Aid workers knew just where to go in the ravaged town to make best use of…

January 21, 2024

Learn about feasible and cost-effective reporting with AI, earth observation, and ecosystem science (download the white paper).

December 20, 2023

The stark reality that one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime underscores a pressing need for change. Each year, breast cancer claims the lives of approximately 42,000 women—our mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues,…

December 18, 2023

It is known that only 20% of our health outcomes are shaped by the healthcare we access; the other 80% is linked to the conditions in which we grow, live, work and age[I]. Along with Microsoft AI for Health, local…

December 5, 2023

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels. Watch event from COP28.

November 30, 2023

When news of the earthquakes in Afghanistan broke in October 2023, Microsoft AI for Good Lab mobilized to support first responders with our rapid damage-assessment capabilities. We discovered something surprising in the course of this work: There were no up-to-date…