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Artificial intelligence has captured the public imagination—and with good reason. It’s transforming how we work, create, learn, and navigate the world. But as AI carries the headlines, we also are on ...
The past year has brought to the world an almost unparalleled and diverse array of technological change. Advances in artificial intelligence are accelerating innovation and reshaping the way societies ...
When the chemical division of SCG needed to solve a complex manufacturing problem, its leaders made a bold choice: collaborate with Microsoft and use artificial intelligence to supplement its own ...
As the months of 2024 unfold, we are all part of an extraordinary year for the history of both democracy and technology. More countries and people will vote for their elected leaders than in any year ...
“Don’t ask what computers can do, ask what they should do.” That is the title of the chapter on AI and ethics in a book I coauthored with Carol Ann Browne in 2019. At the time, we wrote that “this may ...
As we usher in a New Year, we will welcome a new president into the White House as well as a golden opportunity for American technology and economic competitiveness. Not since the invention of ...
Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and Members of the Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the critical issue of artificial intelligence. I am Brad Smith, the Vice Chair and ...
As the second year of the Russian war in Ukraine commences, a detailed survey of the cyberattacks used during the first year of the war, and especially new developments we have observed in recent ...
Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Hawley, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on what I believe is a critical issue for the Congress and the country. I am Brad ...
Today Microsoft is publishing a new report, Closing the Sustainability Skills Gap: Helping Businesses Move from Pledges to Progress. Thousands of companies around the world have issued climate pledges ...
This post is the foreword written by Brad Smith for Microsoft’s report Governing AI: A Blueprint for the Future. The first part of the report details five ways governments should consider policies, ...
Today, we’re announcing new and expanded Airband partnerships set to provide high-speed internet access to nearly 40 million people across Latin America and Africa. These partnerships in Brazil, Chile ...