The education transformation is underway. Khan Academy, founded by Sal Khan, is Microsoft's partner and is offering all K-12 educators in the US access to an AI-powered teaching assistant. “You have to encourage folks to use AI and give them space for failure,” Khan says. Learn more: https://msft.it/6002Y7wRj
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Artificial Intelligence is driving a new era of innovation, reshaping our businesses, our communities, and our world at large. By leveraging AI, we bring forth many amazing opportunities - like enriching employee experiences to maximize your team’s potential or transforming customer interactions by fostering deeper and more meaningful connections at every touchpoint. 💜 But AI also means more data, and in today’s ever-evolving threat landscape, organizations must have confidence that their data is protected by stringent privacy and data governance measures. I’m excited to share that Microsoft is making it easier for leaders to solve their key data governance and data security challenges in one unified, AI-powered, and business-friendly solution with Microsoft Purview Data Governance – which will be generally available starting September 1. As we step into a new era of end-to-end security, Microsoft Purview stands as a beacon of trust and reliability, ensuring that your organization's data is managed, governed, and secured with the utmost precision. I encourage you to check out our latest blog, which explores how Microsoft Purview Data Governance can help organizations establish a data-driven culture, manage their data, and secure their entire data estate. https://lnkd.in/gXq93WVX
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Chief Accessibility Officer @ Microsoft | Product Inclusion, Equity and Accessibility | Board Member | Speaker
Today is 34th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act. A milestone. Important to recognize… and continue push forward. To give everyone to opportunity to vote, to gain employment with fair wages and access to technology. Excited that partnerships with companies like Cboard and Global Symbols and making AI powered #accessibility, available to more people around the world. This and much more from our amazing head of strategic partnerships, Jessica Rafuse👇 Happy Anniversary #ADA. Onwards
Happy #DisabilityPride Month! Today, on the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (#ADA), I am grateful for the disabled leaders who have opened doors, built ramps, and made digital accessibility a reality. Still there is much work to do to bridge the #DisabilityDivide. At Microsoft, disability is a strength and we are accelerating accessibility through innovative #technology and effective public policy. Together with our partners, we continue to advocate for policies that protect the rights and dignity of people with disabilities and ensure full and equal participation in society. This includes supporting the elimination of subminimum wages and endorsing the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act. As we look to the future, we are excited about the potential of #AI to revolutionize #accessibility. Our partnerships with Global Symbols and Cboard are just a few examples of how we are leveraging AI to bridge the Disability Divide. Check out the latest in technology, people, partnerships, and policy: https://lnkd.in/gSgDHKdc
How Microsoft is working with partners and policymakers to advance accessibility as a fundamental right through technology - Microsoft On the Issues
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🎨 See historical figures in brilliant color 💡 Imagine current events in papercraft 🤯 And so much more! See how AI-powered Restyle Image from Microsoft Designer allows students to explore their curiosity with a variety of customizations: https://msft.it/6040lXWe6
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This year Xbox Game Studios hosted the first Xbox Game Camp in Asia, and it brings me joy to shine the spotlight on the incredible work of 16 participating teams from Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and India. 🎮⌨️ It's inspiring that 11 out of 12 teams from Southeast Asia include female creators, and one out of four teams from India is entirely female led. 🙌🏾 Thank you to Peter Zetterberg, Agnes Kim, Jun Shen Chia, Arjun Varma, Jia Ling Hoo, Christopher Douglas, Kaylee Leitzel, Nathan Garduno, Nick Prado and everyone involved, for nurturing and empowering the next generation of game creators around the world. 💚 Gaming and game development for everyone! 🌟
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Last month, we unveiled our Datacenter Community Pledge, emphasizing that datacenters are not only the backbone of modern technology but also a force for good in the communities they serve. As part of this commitment, at Microsoft we recognize our crucial role in protecting and replenishing freshwater resources both in the regions where we operate and around the world. That's why in our datacenter operations, one of the essential engineering questions we ask each day is: how can we continue to conserve water while meeting growing customer demand for cloud and AI innovation? Learn about how we are continuing to transform datacenter water efficiency:
Sustainable by design: Transforming datacenter water efficiency | The Microsoft Cloud Blog
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President and COO, Strategic Missions and Technologies, Onalytica's Who's Who in AI - Influential Voices
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled the roadmap for its Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence for Science, Security, and Technology (FASST) initiative – outlining its plans for developing a national AI capability to accelerate scientific discoveries and advance innovation. It’s fantastic to see the DOE prioritizing an AI-ready infrastructure, which will enable scientists at its 17 national labs to turbocharge their research and achieve meaningful breakthroughs in science, energy, national security, and more. The initiative also aims to build on the success of public-private partnerships, such as our ongoing collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in supporting the DOE’s clean energy missions and establishing the U.S. as a leader in AI innovation. I’m excited to continue our work with PNNL and the DOE in unlocking the next frontier of energy technologies. Together, we are moving full steam ahead towards a cleaner future! https://lnkd.in/gmRg_DPB #AI #Energy #DOE #AI4Science #Innovation
DOE Announces Roadmap for New Initiative for Artificial Intelligence in Science, Security and Technology
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Artificial Intelligence is driving a new era of innovation, reshaping our businesses, our communities, and our world at large. By leveraging AI, we bring forth many amazing opportunities - like enriching employee experiences to maximize your team’s potential or transforming customer interactions by fostering deeper and more meaningful connections at every touchpoint. 💜 But AI also means more data, and in today’s ever-evolving threat landscape, organizations must have confidence that their data is protected by stringent privacy and data governance measures. I’m excited to share that Microsoft is making it easier for leaders to solve their key data governance and data security challenges in one unified, AI-powered, and business-friendly solution with Microsoft Purview Data Governance – which will be generally available starting September 1. As we step into a new era of end-to-end security, Microsoft Purview stands as a beacon of trust and reliability, ensuring that your organization's data is managed, governed, and secured with the utmost precision. I encourage you to check out our latest blog, which explores how Microsoft Purview Data Governance can help organizations establish a data-driven culture, manage their data, and secure their entire data estate. https://lnkd.in/gXq93WVX
Microsoft Purview Data Governance will be generally available September 1, 2024 | Microsoft Security Blog
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You CAN get back to the future—'The Future of VMware Is in Azure' digital event, that is! Watch on demand to learn how to future-ready your VMware workloads: https://msft.it/6042ln6xj #AzureVMwareSolution #AVS
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In January, we shared a story how together with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), our teams discovered and synthesized a new material for resource-efficient batteries in less than nine months. A peer-reviewed research paper was published this week by the Journal of the American Chemical Society. See the post from Matthias Troyer below for details.
I am pleased to announce the publication of a groundbreaking, peer-reviewed research paper (https://lnkd.in/eY6MJ6Ac in the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society). The paper is entitled, “Accelerating Computational Materials Discovery with Machine Learning and Cloud High-Performance Computing: from Large-Scale Screening to Experimental Validation,” which was shared previously on arXiv at https://lnkd.in/gRSPfcEZ. The paper provides details on the digital tools that enabled the rapid discovery of a new battery electrolyte through a collaboration between Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). In January of this year, Microsoft announced (https://lnkd.in/ejHztbZv) that the Azure Quantum team had used AI and high-performance computing (HPC) to screen over 32 million compounds and, in collaboration with PNNL, identified one promising candidate for use as a new battery electrolyte. The top candidate, which was identified with the Azure Quantum Elements platform and experimentally validated by PNNL, contains approximately 70% less lithium than existing lithium-ion batteries. This newly discovered battery electrolyte could lead to the development of novel energy-storage solutions that are more sustainable than existing batteries. Notably, the entire discovery process involving candidate generation, AI screening, HPC simulations, and laboratory testing took only nine months. This rapid pace of scientific research and the discovery of a promising battery electrolyte were made possible by the tools available in Azure Quantum Elements, demonstrating the power of Microsoft’s AI models and HPC simulations to accelerate time to results. I congratulate the entire Azure Quantum team and PNNL for the collaborative efforts in this endeavor, which not only showcased the ability of Azure Quantum Elements to accelerate scientific discovery, but also produced a tangible result that may have applications in the energy industry as well as in the field of sustainability. I welcome other organizations to join us on this exciting journey so that groundbreaking discoveries can be made in additional fields at an unprecedented pace. #solidelectrolytes #AIformaterials #energystorage #cleanenergy #Microsoft #PNNL #AI4Science #AzureQuantum #Azure
Accelerating Computational Materials Discovery with Machine Learning and Cloud High-Performance Computing: from Large-Scale Screening to Experimental Validation
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