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In the news | Harvard Business School
America’s Digital Divide: Where Workers Are Falling Behind
With rural areas significantly lagging behind cities in computer use, research by Raffaella Sadun, Shane Greenstein, and colleagues finds that many Americans lack the digital literacy that’s increasingly needed in an AI world.
Research Focus: Week of January 27, 2025
In this issue: A new approach to multimodal pretraining for remote sensing; Managed-retention memory for the AI era; Improving detection of macular telangiectasia type 2; Generalizing symbolic automata.
In the news | GeekWire
Microsoft launches $5M grant program for AI projects in WA state as part of 50th anniversary
Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is offering a total of $5 million in cloud computing credits in its home state of Washington through a new grant program in conjunction with the company’s 50th anniversary. The lab is looking to support…
In the news | KING5.com
Microsoft’s ‘AI for Good’ program offers $5 million in grants for Washington innovators
Microsoft announced a groundbreaking initiative Wednesday morning to use artificial intelligence to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. The program, worth over $5 million, focuses on Washington state scientists and innovators. It is open to individuals or groups working…
In the news | Microsoft on the Issues
Announcing SPARROW: A Breakthrough AI Tool to Measure and Protect Earth’s Biodiversity in the Most Remote Places
SPARROW, developed by Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, is a solar-powered, AI-driven system for monitoring biodiversity in remote areas.
In the news | ITU
Global Map of the Unconnected
The Global Map of the Unconnected is being developed in collaboration with Microsoft, Planet and the Institute for Health Metrics of the University of Washington. This tool will help countries monitor and map the number of people who are not…
In the news | NBC News
Vatican creates exhibit that will replicate St. Peter’s Basilica using AI
“The People’s Basilica” is a 3D replica of St. Peter’s Basilica that was made using AI in the Vatican. NBC News’ Claudio Lavanga has more on the exhibit and how the model was made.
In the news | Forbes
Work On the Wild Side: How AI Is Helping Conservation in Africa and the Huge Potential of Environment Recordings
From the rainforest to the ocean, artificial intelligence is decoding nature’s most complex data patterns and is proving to be a game-changer in conservation.
In the news | Forbes
From AI And 400,000 Photos, A Richly Detailed St. Peter’s Basilica
A sweeping new digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica, the 400-year-old Vatican City church considered central to Christianity, lets visitors explore the structure’s renowned Renaissance architecture and historic treasures from anywhere in the world without having to board a plane…