AI For Good Lab

July 19, 2023

AI is not just transforming the digital world, it is increasingly being leveraged to solve some of the most pressing global issues. One such organization spearheading this charge is Microsoft, through its AI for Good Research Lab. At the helm is the…

July 7, 2023

While some believe AI could steal jobs or even destroy humanity, others think the technology could improve quality of life for people across the planet.

July 1, 2023

AI is emerging as a powerful tool to aid in addressing some of the world’s most complex challenges. Our new specialization, AI for Good, aims to expand the community of people who are equipped to combine human and machine intelligence…

June 30, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the world, driving digital innovation, promoting experimentation, boosting efficiency, and accelerating progress across numerous industries. Open data is a critical component of this revolution, providing access to vast amounts of data necessary for building reliable…

June 28, 2023

CNME Editor Mark Forker was onsite at the Microsoft Innovation Campus in Redmond, Seattle, for a panel discussion that examined the impact Microsoft’s new AI integrations are going to have on reshaping our society. The panel was entitled; AI, from…

May 1, 2023

As the surge of interest in artificial intelligence applications continues unabated since last fall’s launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, one can trace it spreading from the tech industry itself to every corner of corporate America. McKinsey’s new State of Organizations 2023 report has…

April 26, 2023

Join us for a fireside chat featuring Juan Lavista Ferres, VP, Chief Data Scientist and Lab Director of the Microsoft AI For Good Lab, and Carrie Stokes, USAID’s Chief Geographer and Director of the GeoCenter on the transformative potential of…

April 19, 2023

Today, Microsoft is expanding our Cybersecurity Skills Initiative to Argentina, Chile, Indonesia, and Spain, and delivering grants to nonprofits to help skill people for the cybersecurity workforce. With this expansion, we are now working in 28 countries around the world, partnering with…

April 12, 2023

Back in 2018, Planet co-founder and CEO Will Marshall asked the audience during his TED talk: what if you could search the surface of the Earth the same way you search the internet? It wasn’t science fiction. Using artificial intelligence (AI)…