{"id":1163238,"date":"2026-03-03T18:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&#038;p=1163238"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:15:58","slug":"msr-synth","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/msr-synth\/","title":{"rendered":"MSR Synth"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MSR-Synth-image-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Sketch of humans and synthetic humans share a work table.\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MSR-Synth-image-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MSR-Synth-image-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MSR-Synth-image-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MSR-Synth-image-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MSR-Synth-image-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MSR-Synth-image-2048x1280.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MSR-Synth-image-240x150.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 \">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"infusing-ai-with-social-intelligence\">Infusing AI with social intelligence<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>MSR Synth is a research project exploring how to design AI agents with social intelligence\u2014agents that can communicate, collaborate, and participate in human interaction in ways that are context\u2011aware, trustworthy, and aligned with human values. 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