Microsoft Research Lab – Africa, Nairobi
新闻与深度文章
“We’re at the very early stage of generative AI and the impacts it will have on work. This is a fast-moving field, and there’s an immense opportunity to take control of the agenda and build truly globally equitable AI systems”,…
Microsoft researchers discuss the challenges and opportunities of making AI more inclusive and impactful for everyone—from data that represents a broader range of communities and cultures to novel use cases for AI that are globally relevant.
Jacki O’Neill discusses the importance of creating globally equitable generative AI. She addresses the technical and sociotechnical challenges that must be tackled to positively transform work futures worldwide.
What’s Your Story: Jacki O’Neill
| Johannes Gehrke 和 Jacki O'Neill
Jacki O’Neill saw an opportunity to expand Microsoft research efforts to Africa. She now leads Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi (formerly MARI). O’Neill talks about the choices that got her there, the lab’s impact, and how living abroad is good for…
In this issue: New research on appropriate reliance on generative AI; Power management opportunities for LLMs in the cloud; LLMLingua-2 improves task-agnostic prompt compression; Enhancing COMET to embrace under-resourced African languages:
新闻报道 | ACM Bytecast
ACM Bytecast Ep49 – Jacki O’Neill
In this episode of ACM ByteCast, Bruke Kifle hosts Jacki O’Neill, Director of the Microsoft Africa Research Institute (MARI) in Nairobi, Kenya, where she is building a multi-disciplinary team combining research, engineering, and design to solve local problems globally. Her…
| Najeeb G. Abdulhamid, Jacki O'Neill, 和 Keshet Ronen
Many patients in low- and middle-income countries rely on facilitated online health communities for information and support. Discover how large language models can assist the facilitators and boost outcomes.
In this issue: Kosmos-2.5: A Multimodal Literate Model; Can vine copulas explain complex relationships of weather variables; New system accelerates the adaptive training process; Structural inequalities and relational labor in the influencer industry.
新闻报道 | Bill Gates Visit 2022
Bill Gates visits Kenya November 2022
On Thursday 17th November 2022, Bill Gates visited MARI and the ADC in Nairobi, Kenya. During his visit, the MARI was excited to present their research and academic engagements program to Bill Gates.