Chief Technology Officer @Microsoft; Host of #BehindTheTech podcast aka.ms/AA9tss9; Author of "Reprogramming the American Dream"

Los Gatos, CA
To my partners at OpenAI: We have seen your petition and appreciate your desire potentially to join Sam Altman at Microsoft’s new AI Research Lab. Know that if needed, you have a role at Microsoft that matches your compensation and advances our collective mission.
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Wanted to take a moment to say to all of the unbelievably talented folks at Open AI I've had the privilege of working with for years: we're going to continue supporting you and the important work that you're doing, no matter what.  @sama, @satyanadella, and I have got your backs.
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Today, I'm excited to announce Microsoft is teaming up with @OpenAI to exclusively license GPT-3, allowing us to develop and deliver advanced AI solutions for our customers. #MSIgnite msft.it/6003TQorf
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Replying to @Microsoft
This is now my profile picture. :-)
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Kimberly Bryant (@6Gems) is a successful electrical engineer with a 25-year career in the biotech industries, and about 10 years ago she founded one of my favorite organizations - @BlackGirlsCode. Listen to our conversation on #BehindTheTech podcast. msft.it/6003Vc78T
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Today, @GitHub, @OpenAI and @Microsoft launched a technical preview of GitHub Copilot. It’s a great example of how advancements in #AI are producing powerful new tools to help developers write better code - and spur more creativity and innovation. copilot.github.com
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I offered to help do some promotion for #MSBuild and…got a little carried away :-) Hope you'll join us May 24-26 to learn how our latest AI tools are helping developers recapture the magic of building software. msft.it/6005bGcMX
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My new #BehindTheTech podcast features an engineering hero of mine, @BillCoughran. I met Bill when he led engineering at Google - now a partner at @Sequoia. Listen as we talk leadership, tech trends to watch out for and more. aka.ms/AA5qmb9
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Dr. David Baker is a professor of biochemistry and the director of @UWProteinDesign at the University of Washington, where his team is working to create novel proteins designed to address modern-day challenges, like COVID-19. Learn more on #BehindTheTech podcast.
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I talked with Sam Altman (@Sama) about careers, the booms and busts of AI, jobs, and more in my latest #BehindTheTech podcast. Sam is CEO of @OpenAI, and a guy determined to make big things happen. aka.ms/AA5wf1s
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My colleague Phil Spencer's (@XboxP3) love for video games has led him to a career as a hugely influential leader in the gaming world. I caught up with him on #BehindTheTech podcast to learn more about the secrets of the gaming industry: msft.it/6007b17Mf
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.@Adafruit is helping makers of all ages and skill levels learn how to leverage electronics, technology, and programming. Here is what its founder, Limor Fried, created with the Adafruit + @Lobe_AI maker kit. msft.it/6001n6XGv
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.@Microsoft's newest #MSInnovation project, A Planetary Computer for Earth, uses #AI to take on sustainability around the globe. #AIForEarth aka.ms/AA6r68f
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I'll be hosting a Reddit AMA on Friday at 11AM on r/technology. Come with your questions about #MSBuild, the state of artificial intelligence, or the future of tech!
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Machine learning should be accessible to more people, which is why I am excited to announce Lobe, a new easy to use app that helps you train machine learning models for free. Check it out. msft.it/6009T4FQP
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What does a Grammy-award winning musician have to do with technology? Everything. Listen to my latest #BehindTheTech podcast with musical artist @JacobCollier, who embraces tech as an integral part of the music he creates. msft.it/6003pCjfT
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Join me on my latest episode of #BehindTheTech, where I spoke with @iJustine, well-known YouTube personality and tech reviewer, about what it takes to be a content creator. msft.it/6004XFU2M
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.@AshleyLlorens is a scientist and engineer with a 20-year career in research and development of #AI, and has recently joined @MSFTResearch. He's also the hip-hop artist known as SoulStice. Listen to our talk about social intelligence, robotics and more on #BehindTheTech.
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Dr. David Baker's research at @UWProteinDesign is some of the most interesting work in the world right now. On #BehindTheTech podcast, he talks about how engineering and biology are working together to fight chronic disease - and prepare us for the next pandemic.
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Shameless plug for work that we've been doing with @Adafruit to make it easier to experiment with #MachineLearning at the edge. This kit has everything you need to build interesting, computer-vision powered devices using Microsoft's @Lobe_AI to train your models.
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I’m excited to join the Board of Directors of @Shopify! Take a listen to my conversation with @tobi that gets at some of the reasons why I’m so thrilled to be able to spend more time with the Shopify team.
Thrilled to welcome @kevin_scott to @Shopify's board of directors. Kevin is one of the most eminent thinkers in technology. We recently spoke about entrepreneurship, democratizing tech and building teams
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I recently had the pleasure to discuss what’s just over the horizon regarding the large language model-powered AI systems that are going to positively impact how most of us live, work, and create in the very near future. Check it out here: msft.it/6013eKHmh
Can AI help me do that? Microsoft’s advancements in artificial intelligence are transforming how we live, work and create. @kevin_scott, Microsoft’s chief technology officer, on this year's innovations and how to imagine more with #MicrosoftAI in 2023: msft.it/6007eKGZt
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We want everyone to experience the magic of AI-powered software development, so we've partnered with @OpenAI to offer free access to Codex, $20 in tokens to use on other models, access to GitHub Copilot, and more. Can't wait to see what you build :-) aka.ms/BuildAITools
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For the second year in a row, @Microsoft is ranked as America's most ethical public company. aka.ms/AA6m6g5
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Check out the inside story of Project Natick, and how @Microsoft kept the underwater datacenter connected while retrieving it from the high seas off Scotland. msft.it/6005pGEKF
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Incredibly proud to see my colleague @gvanrossum be honored for developing the Python programming language. Today, it’s one of the most popular programming languages and I’m thrilled his work is being recognized.
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I’ve had the pleasure of working with @OpenAI CTO @miramurati for a few years now, but we’ve rarely had time to catch up about our backgrounds. Take a listen to our conversation on #BehindTheTech where we discuss her innate sense of curiosity, deploying AI tools, and much more!
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Microsoft has had a fantastic summer for advancing #MachineLearning in areas like healthcare, accessibility, and privacy. Check out some of @MSFTResearch's presentations on ML and its implications for society at #ICML2020. aka.ms/AA96qlp
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@shopify founder and CEO @tobi is unique amongst his peers, considering himself a programmer and craftsperson more than a tech exec, a leadership approach that has helped him build a platform powering millions of businesses. Check out our conversation on #BehindTheTech.
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When developers have the right tools + security they’re beginning to create ambitious solutions with intelligent edge and intelligent cloud. Read my post today blogs.microsoft.com/blog/201… #intelligentedge #edgecomputing #IoT
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Looking forward to connecting with all of you about AI and the future of technology. Ask me anything. msft.it/6005bVGvJ
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I am really excited to see some of our most advanced AI capabilities launching in the Azure OpenAI Service, with more good stuff coming soon!
Just in—new AI models on Azure OpenAI Service empower your business to deliver results at scale. Explore the possibilities → msft.it/6017exfWh #AzureOpenAI
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This is a cool use of DALL-E: putting AI images to lyrics to make a music video. I love what creative folks do when they have new tools. #OpenAI #dalle2 instagram.com/reel/CclDexhDb…
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Steven Bathiche (@sbathiche) leads the Applied Sciences group at @Microsoft, where he combines physics, optics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other disciplines to improve and develop our products. Check out our conversation on #BehindTheTech podcast.
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Dr. Daniela Rus is the Director of @MIT_CSAIL, a MacArthur Fellow, and one of the world's leading roboticists. I talked with her on #BehindTheTech podcast about the latest research on #AI, #MachineLearning, and the future of robotics. msft.it/6004Zaepn
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.@BlackGirlsCode founder Kimberly Bryant (@6Gems) tells me about the inspiration and drive behind the nonprofit — plus why encouraging young women to get into STEM fields is critical for the future of technology. Listen to our conversation on #BehindTheTech.
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On my latest #BehindTheTech podcast, I had the pleasure of talking with NASA astronaut Dr. @MaeJemison. Listen to our conversation about the importance of science in our lives and how she got her start in the field. msft.it/6008pRIar
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Our new Responsible AI dashboard gives developers tools to help create more fair, interpretable, and reliable models and make more informed decisions. msft.it/6003k7gNB
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This Wednesday I'll join @SatyaNadella and @WellingMax to talk about the future of research at the Microsoft Research Summit. Join us online and celebrate the last 30 years of exciting work from @MSFTResearch: msft.it/6009XxqfT
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I think I already am. Way more than $100k. 😁.
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We’re kicking off the New Year on #BehindtheTech with a wide-ranging conversation with @LisaSu, Chair and CEO of @AMD, from her upbringing and early interest in engineering to her role today leading one of the fastest growing semiconductor companies in the world. Take a listen.
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If your kids are anything like mine, you know that #Roblox has taken the world by storm. Founder/CEO @DavidBaszucki joins me on #BehindTheTech to talk about the impact of connection through technology, as well as what's ahead for the gaming platform. msft.it/6007b17Mf
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Microsoft Trove is helping to create an #AI-powered robot that is cleaning up the 4.5 trillion cigarette butts left in our environment. This is yet another example of ethically building artificial intelligence by empowering people. msft.it/6005n9ZLx
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I'm immensely proud of the work that my colleagues in Microsoft Research showcased at this week’s NeurIPS Conference regarding foundation models of all sizes, including Phi-2, which matches or outperforms models up to 25x larger.
Today, we share our teams’ latest contributions, Phi-2 and promptbase. Phi-2 outperforms other existing small language models, yet it’s small enough to run on a laptop or mobile device. msft.it/6040ipYH6
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Thrilled to be joined on #BehindtheTech by engineer and YouTuber @XylaFoxlin, who shares her passion for making things born from a childhood love of art and creative exploration. Today, she showcases her skills building everything from a rocket to a sailboat. Take a listen.
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I ran too long during my keynote at #MSBuild and couldn’t share this wonderful video on the big screen. I believe wholeheartedly that if we can put AI tools into the hands of as many people as possible, they’ll do amazing things—check it out. msft.it/6011gbqyU
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My colleague, Dr. @EricHorvitz, Chief Scientific Officer of @Microsoft, is a fascinating man. On a favorite #BehindTheTech podcast, we talk about efforts to understand the influences of #AI on people and society… and how that is paving the way for #ResponsibleAI practices.
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Thanks @danshipper! It was great to meet you yesterday.
Microsoft CTO @Kevin_Scott on what you should be building in the age of AI: Anything that used to be impossible, and is now merely hard.
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Really excited that @gvanrossum is joining Microsoft. Guido is the creator of Python, a language I've used almost daily for the past 17 years. Can't wait to see what he'll be doing!
I decided that retirement was boring and have joined the Developer Division at Microsoft. To do what? Too many options to say! But it’ll make using Python better for sure (and not just on Windows :-). There’s lots of open source here. Watch this space.
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We’re thrilled to announce that @GitHub Copilot is now available to the public. As more and more folks try it out, I can’t wait to see how it continues to empower developers and transform the ways we build and interact with all kinds of software: msft.it/6006bWFLe.
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In my upcoming book, "Reprogramming the American Dream," I talk about how #AI tools will help keep the American Dream alive, and not just benefit those living in prosperous urban areas. It comes out April 7th, and you can pre-order now. aka.ms/AA75m43
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With an innovative liquid cooling process, @Microsoft is saving water and energy in its datacenters while keeping up with demand for faster, more powerful computers. msft.it/6008VXEcs
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More behind the scenes from #Build2017. The incomparable @joebelfiore going through his Build talk for tomorrow. Exciting stuff!
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I'm very excited that @MSFTResearch's cutting-edge #ArtificialIntelligence tool, InnerEye, is being implemented to improve survival rates for some cancers. msft.it/6009pV6kZ
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Microsoft's first Chief Scientific Officer, @EricHorvitz, talks with me about the potential for synthetic biology and more – on my latest episode of #BehindTheTech. aka.ms/AA86k2w
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Congrats to Dr. David Baker and partners on breakthrough work just published about protein structure prediction. Exciting how modern #AI is helping scientists solve important challenges. @UWproteindesign science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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And our work on Medprompt (including promptbase on GitHub) steers frontier models to better performance— achieving the highest score ever reported on the MMLU challenge.
Replying to @MSFTResearch
We have also developed a powerful set of techniques to help steer frontier models to even greater performance, first with MedPrompt, now extended with additional resources we’re making available on GitHub as promptbase. msft.it/6041ipYHB
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Microsoft AI model DeBERTa set a new state-of-the-art in natural language understanding. It’s the first time one of our models has exceeded the human performance baseline on the SuperGLUE benchmark. Congrats to the Project Alexander team! @MSFTResearch msft.it/6004pcvmn
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As we enter a unique moment in the history of computing, I couldn’t think of anyone better to reflect on the AI revolution than @BillGates. During our conversation on #BehindtheTech we covered all things AI, what it means for the future, how it can help our society, and more!
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Be sure to tune in to #MSBuild at 9:45AM PT to learn more about the technology trends shaping how software and development will look in the future: the explosion of large-scale #ML models and rapid advancements in #AI. mybuild.microsoft.com/
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Thank you to @MSFTResearch's danah boyd (@zephoria) for sitting down with me on my latest #BehindTheTech podcast to talk about the dangers of cultures that ‘move fast and break things’.
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We're excited to share some work we've been doing on large-scale #AI computing for natural language processing. @MSFTResearch
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Creativity is at the heart of every great tech innovation. Listen to my conversation with @ChaseJarvis about how to break into your creative side and more on the latest episode of #BehindTheTech. aka.ms/AA8r7fu
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The folks at @adafruit are doing some of the most innovative work in the industry- and they've partnered with @BlackGirlsCode to donate a Circuit Playground Express for each one purchased (through the link below). Great work Lady Ada, Phil, and team! aka.ms/AA6datv
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I recently had the pleasure of talking with @SatyaNadella and @WellingMax about @MSFTResearch's 30 years of contributions to both Microsoft and the research and science communities. Our conversation is now available on-demand: msft.it/6007kIsnc
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Oftentimes in my role, I get to meet folks who are truly determined to make change in our world. In my latest episode of #BehindTheTech, I talked with Irma Olguin (@irms), CEO of Bitwise Industries, where they're helping create tech economies in underserved cities.
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My new book Reprogramming the American Dream is available now wherever books are sold. Let me know what you think about my ideas to tackle some of the world's biggest problems with #AI, and why rural access to broadband is more important than ever. aka.ms/AA75m43
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Dr. @MaeJemison, who is re-releasing her fantastic book, Find Where the Wind Goes, joins me on #BehindTheTech podcast to talk about understanding the world around us through science. #NASA msft.it/6008pRIar
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Replying to @shanselman
Dude.
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I chat with Percy Liang in this month's episode of #BehindTheTech. Percy is one of the world's experts on language and #AI. Check it out! aka.ms/AA7pny0
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Ever wonder who came up with the MothMobile? Steven Bathiche combines physics, machine learning, #AI and countless other disciplines to create products. Check out our conversation on #BehindTheTech podcast. msft.it/6005nYfkz
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It was a pleasure to have @salkhanacademy join me at #MSBuild. I am amazed by the ways AI has already transformed education, and I'm excited to continue innovating with @khanacademy to improve AI-powered math tutoring and bring high-quality education experiences to more learners.
Microsoft and @khanacademy have joined forces enabling Khan Academy to offer all K-12 educators in the US free access to an AI-powered teaching assistant, now powered by Azure OpenAI Service. #MSBuild msft.it/6015YwH4D
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I recently sat down with @ConfluentInc cofounder and CTO, @NehaNarkhede for my #BehindTheTech podcast. Neha is a successful author, entrepreneur, and self-made woman in tech. Check it out! aka.ms/AA7kglc
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I'm thrilled to join the board of directors at @CodeOrg. It's an honor to have the ability to help expand access to computer science to students everywhere in the United States through such an important nonprofit. msft.it/6005whRu3
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.@UW neuroscientist Tom Daniel has been working on some mind-blowing research and you can hear about it on my latest #BehindTheTech podcast. aka.ms/AA8be37
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While most well-known as a member of the Black Eyed Peas, @iamwill is also a tech entrepreneur, and it was a pleasure to have him on #BehindTheTech to discuss how he got interested in tech, his optimism about AI, and how his foundation provides education for disadvantaged youth.
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This is an interesting overview of the power of Swin transformers, which are helping to remake computer vision in the same way that transformers remade natural language processing. Impressive work on these techniques from my colleagues at @MSFTResearch. msft.it/6006jdBei
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Crisis Response Science has been a crucial approach in @Microsoft's pandemic research response. I discussed this new field with Dr. Peter Lee (@peteratmsr), CVP of Research and Incubations, on #BehindTheTech podcast.
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.@MSFTResearch's danah boyd (@zephoria) and I talk about the dangers of cultures that ‘move fast and break things’ in a recent #BehindTheTech podcast. danah is a trailblazer and one of the smartest people in tech - give it a listen! aka.ms/AA7dn0x
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Congratulations to @Broadinstitute for launching the Eric and Wendy #SchmidtCenter. We're thrilled to collaborate with them to bring @Microsoft's technologies to help drive breakthroughs at the intersection of biology and #MachineLearning for human health.
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Enjoyed having @dkirtley, who's developing breakthroughs in sustainable energy, on #BehindTheTech. We covered a lot, including Helion's approach to fusion and their progress building fusion generators. Take a listen to learn more about the important work they're doing.
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Adrian, @aptshadow, has quickly become one of my favorite sci-fi authors. Check out our conversation on #BehindtheTech, where we discussed his upbringing and how he got started as a writer, his unique storytelling abilities, and how AI will impact the future of sci-fi.
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.@NealStephenson, who coined the term metaverse, is an amazing sci-fi author whose books have profoundly influenced me since I was a kid. He joins me on my #BehindTheTech podcast to talk about his writing process, combating climate change, and his latest thoughts on #metaverse.
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I had a great conversation with James Manyika about the intersection of #AI and the biosciences, and the impact it’s having with the COVID-19 crisis. Read about it here: aka.ms/AA93cah. @McKinsey_MGI
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The world desperately needs new approaches to the fight disease. Microsoft Premonition’s global sensor network will significantly enhance our knowledge of insects, microbes, and viruses, to help identify disease threats before they emerge.#MSIgnite msft.it/6001TQIEX
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DeepSpeed with ZeRO optimizer greatly reduces the resources needed for model and data parallelism while massively increasing the number of parameters that can be trained. You can now register for @MSFTResearch's webinar & live Q&A to learn more about it: aka.ms/AA94sfc.
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Computer science has changed my life and given me incredible opportunities – unfortunately, a rare and lucky instance growing up in rural VA. Today, I join 500 others to call for every student in every school to have the opportunity to learn CS as a fundamental part of education.
Wow! The CEOs of the largest companies and nonprofits in the United States have joined forces to make computer science a basic part of the K-12 curriculum. See who’s on board: ceosforcs.com
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Two new Microsoft Garage locations just launched at our Africa Development Center in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria. @MSFTGarage empowers employee creativity and collaboration with the local region to scale innovation in tech. msft.it/6009wSkLX
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Lots of #AI and #MachineLearning leaderboards these days. Proud to see @Microsoft teams are three of the top eight here — including the biggest Turing natural language model we've ever built. Interesting trends coming together fast! msft.it/6002X5A96
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My absolute favorite cartoonist Randall Munroe joined me for a conversation on #BehindTheTech. Randall, AKA @XKCD, illustrates hilarious comics about different phenomena and trends within the science and engineering communities. Check it out: msft.it/6008jlS86
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Advice for folks trying to peer into the future of LLMs: pay attention to what is getting better. These LLMs certainly aren't perfect. But they're getting better. Fast. Lots of the anecdotal ChatGPT blooper reel that I'm seeing on Twitter won't be bloopers in the future.
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Really excited to continue our work with OpenAI, and grateful for the partnership and collaboration over these past 4+ years.
In this next phase of our partnership with @OpenAI, we will deliver the best AI infrastructure, models, and toolchain for customers to safely and responsibly build and run their applications on Azure. blogs.microsoft.com/blog/202…
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Have you ever thought about how science fiction informs our ideas about the future? I talk with one of my favorite sci-fi writers, Charles Stross (@cstross), about predicting tech trends, bioscience research, and more - all on the latest #BehindTheTech. msft.it/6008TQAfg
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.@JDVance1, @GregoryMShaw, and I will be hosting an online conversation on Mon., 4/6 at 10 AM PT to discuss my new book, Reprogramming the American Dream. You can submit questions beforehand by using the hashtag #ReprogrammingLIVE. Please join us at: aka.ms/AA81kyz.
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This week we announced that @MicrosoftAzure joins the PyTorch Foundation to further help the global AI/ML community evolve, expand and thrive through open-source projects, including PyTorch workloads on Azure.
(2/N) We’re honored to partner with industry leaders to make open-source innovation accessible to everyone. To learn more about this news, see the blog post from Meta ai.facebook.com/blog/pytorch… #PyTorchFoundation #Microsoft #Meta #PyTorch #Azure
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Super exciting progress.
Announced today at #MSIgnite, a new Azure Cognitive Service that will eventually give customers access to OpenAI's powerful natural language models such as GPT-3. More: msft.it/6014kzjEi
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