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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 15h

Zero-knowledge proofs can verify computing results without rerunning workloads or exposing sensitive data. Magnetar helps bring them into the mainstream with support for standard programming languages, major speed gains, and quantum-resistant security: msft.it/63322atJ5m

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Curious about a future in research? The Microsoft Research Undergrad Internship Program offers hands-on research experience, mentorship, & a chance to explore advanced study. Rising juniors & seniors can apply for 12-week internships in Redmond, NYC, or New England. Apply by Oct. 5: aka.ms/msr-ugrad

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

💭 What’s it like to spend a summer doing research at Microsoft? Matheus Kunzler Maldaner is an undergraduate research intern exploring agentic systems. Meet him in the first episode of our new series, Research | Start Here: Inside the Internship. ▶️

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We treat the way the world works now as normal. It isn't. Doug Burger, Amy Luers & Ishai Menache sit with a hard idea: modern civilization is a historical anomaly built on fossil fuels & exponential growth & AI may be the first tool capable of rewiring it. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Skala 1.1, the updated deep-learning exchange-correlation functional from Microsoft Research, provides greater accuracy, expanded accessibility across the computational chemistry ecosystem, and a living benchmark to track computational performance. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Every powerful new technology comes with trade-offs. The internet had them. Social media had them. Doug Burger, Amy Luers, and Ishai Menache explore AI’s climate impact and steering the tech to support a sustainable future. msft.it/6040az1Bi

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Microsoft is proud to be a part of SIGCOMM 2026. Check out our sessions, covering network traffic engineering, new load balancing strategy, adaptive photonic switching schedules, AI network simulation, and more. www.linkedin.com/pulse/micros...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A path, a fence, a knot. MindTopo sets a new benchmark for testing how AI understands topological relationships and highlights new opportunities to strengthen spatial reasoning and planning. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Radiology AI is evolving beyond report generation. CARE-X explores a unified approach that combines flexible reasoning, calibrated predictions, and measurement-based tools for chest X-ray interpretation. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The best AI doesn't just scale, it adapts to the languages, cultures, people and communities it serves. Explore three playbooks created to help teams design, deploy, and evaluate AI systems with inclusivity in mind.

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Orchard is an open-source framework for the research community to train and evaluate AI agents across task types. It reduces complexity while supporting strong performance from smaller models by enabling researchers to reuse the same infrastructure. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

LLMs do not get smarter just by remembering more. EvoLib turns experience into evolving knowledge, taking reusable skills and insights that help models learn and adapt across tasks long after deployment. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Researchers Jenna Butler, Jake Hofman, and Rebecca Janssen spend a lot of time studying AI’s influence on how people do their jobs. On the Microsoft Research Podcast, they share their thoughts on what the future of work looks like in the age of AI. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Today, we announce the second release of PazaBench, our benchmark for evaluating Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models across African languages.

Two people sit outdoors surrounded by lush green foliage, looking together at a smartphone. One person leans forward while holding a stack of papers, a pen, and a small handheld device, while the other holds the phone. The scene suggests a collaborative discussion or information-sharing activity that combines mobile technology with written notes and materials. The background is softly blurred, drawing attention to the interaction and the phone at the center of the image.

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Recalling a new password after hours of distractions can be hard. Not for a transformer. Microsoft CVP Doug Burger & AI researchers Subutai A. & Nicolo Fusi discuss the fundamental differences between human memory and machine intelligence. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Cryptographic code supports vital protections in modern computing systems. Learn how a new method helps verify code as developers write it while preserving speed and adaptability as it gets implemented and evolves. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Aurora 1.5 adds 22 more variables, hourly temporal resolution, and probabilistic ensemble forecasting to the Aurora foundation model, making it more useful for real-world weather, climate, and energy applications. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Short chart specifications are easy to write, but often produce uninspiring results. Flint is an open-source visualization language that offers a middle path, letting AI agents create expressive charts from compact, human-editable specifications. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Among Microsoft’s 100+ accepted papers, 3 oral presentations, and 1 expo demo at ICML in Seoul, highlights include Fara 1.5 computer-use agents, critique-resilient benchmarking, expanded protein ML benchmarks with FLIP2, and improved LLM reasoning stability. msft.it/6019vaCHU

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

AI agents can't remember past conversations. They must constantly reload or retrieve context, which grows less efficient as tasks get longer and more complex. Memora solves this with a scalable memory system separating what’s stored from how it's retrieved: msft.it/6018vs3gC

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Researchers introduce generative causal testing, which translates black box models into clear hypotheses and verifies them in the scanner, revealing what specific brain regions respond to in language. msft.it/6011vUtRd

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Talos was built to help resolve a major bottleneck in genomic medicine: human review time. The open-source system recovered 90% of in-scope diagnoses while surfacing just 1.3 candidate variants per patient for expert review. msft.it/6014vUBwK

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

On the Microsoft Research Podcast, Microsoft’s Jaime Teevan, Jenna Butler, Jake Hofman, and Rebecca Janssen explore how looking at AI as more than a tool for automating tasks people are already capable of might open the door to new possibilities. msft.it/6011vo8cX

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Can you remember a new password after listening to five hours of stories? A transformer can. AI researchers Subutai Ahmad and Nicolò Fusi explore the fundamental differences between human memory and machine intelligence with Microsoft CVP Doug Burger. msft.it/6016vllRa

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

ResNet has received the Longuet-Higgins Prize at CVPR 2026, recognizing research with proven, lasting impact. A decade after its publication, residual connections remain foundational to how modern AI systems are built, with over 320,000 citations and growing. msft.it/6017vl6bl

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

30x faster analytics, GPU kernels generated automatically from SQL, AI matched to lab-grown tumor models for cancer treatment, and LLMs that learn across tasks without retraining. Dive into the latest issue of Research Focus: msft.it/6010vcYZ4

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Project Ire examined a timely malware sample and determined its intent through reverse engineering—identifying LOTUSLITE characteristics even as most major EDR tools did not detect it. msft.it/6011viy4N

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

New research in Nature Methods from Project Ex Vivo shows AI models learn more from diverse cell states than from scaled datasets alone, a finding that could reshape how therapies are matched to patients. msft.it/6013vgE8l

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

A BTS look a first timer's experience at the MSR lab at Microsoft Build 2026—featuring the demos, the builders, and the conversations that made it worth the trip.

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

That’s a wrap on Microsoft Build 2026. Huge thank you to the researchers and team who brought it to life on the floor this week. If you missed what we shared, check it out here: msft.it/6015vjfld

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

What do the people who build the foundations for others to build on like to build themselves? The answers may surprise you, everything from sandwiches to the future. #MSBuild

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

You don’t have to be a developer. You can just build stuff. Scott Hanselman on his first walk through the Microsoft Research Lab at #MSBuild.

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The sights and sounds of Microsoft Research at #MSBuild. Come see us at the Lab inside the Gateway Pavilion for Day 2.

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A three‑month pilot in a Midwestern bottling plant shows what happens when AI moves beyond chat and into decision-making, where constraints shift, stakes are real, and answers must hold. msft.it/6015vjYUN

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

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...

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Weather forecasts thousands of times faster than traditional supercomputers. Hear from Kenji Takeda on Aurora at the Microsoft Research Lab at #MSBuild. Learn more: msft.it/6018vjGUA

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Agentic experiences powered by small models that fit on your own device. Hear from Maya Murad on MagenticLite at the Microsoft Research Lab at #MSBuild.

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Microsoft Research is at BUILD 2026 this week, giving developers a hands-on look at some of the many AI-based models and tools they can use to accelerate innovation, enhance their capabilities, and quickly transform ideas into prototypes. msft.it/6010vjBUe

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Welcome to Microsoft Build 2026. Step inside the Microsoft Research Lab, where developers are getting hands-on with the latest from MSR. Aurora’s forecasting models, Trellis 3D generation, Magentic UI, Mindful Memory, and more.

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Evaluating agentic behaviors at scale, making the case for repositories over documents, and inviting researchers worldwide to tackle value alignment. Dive into the latest Research Focus. msft.it/6010vbyOi

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