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Microsoft On The Issues offers perspectives from Microsoft on legal, public policy and citizenship topics. Microsoft passionately believes in the power and potential of technology, and that the right tech policies can help underpin innovation, encourage competition and ensure tech innovations continue to benefit everyone. Microsoft shares their point of view and ideas on topics as diverse as privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, environmental sustainability, education and corporate citizenship. Learn more at Microsoft On The Issues.
Bayer CEO Bill Anderson considers himself a scientist at heart, a chemical engineer by training, and a lifelong biotechnology student. Now at the helm of a 160-year-old German pharmaceutical and agriculture company, he's employing science and technology with a bold mission –Health for All, Hunger for None. In this latest episode of Tools and Weapons, Bill discusses AI’s role in accelerating agricultural breakthroughs needed to feed a growing population, including helping smallholder farmers become more resilient to climate change. He also discusses how this intersection of science and technology empowers employees to unblock innovation within the company.
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Bayer CEO Bill Anderson considers himself a scientist at heart, a chemical engineer by training, and a lifelong biotechnology student. Now at the helm of a 160-year-old German pharmaceutical and agriculture company, he's employing science and technology with a bold mission –Health for All, Hunger for None. In this latest episode of Tools and Weapons, Bill discusses AI’s role in accelerating agricultural breakthroughs needed to feed a growing population, including helping smallholder farmers become more resilient to climate change. He also discusses how this intersection of science and technology empowers employees to unblock innovation within the company.
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This week, Juan Lavista Ferres, CVP, chief data scientist, and director of Microsoft's AI for Good Lab, published a LinkedIn article previewing the April 9 hardcover release of “AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health,” a book he co-edited with William Weeks, director of AI for Health.
The book contains a foreword from Microsoft's Vice Chair and President Brad Smith as well as 30 case studies highlighting how Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is applying AI to help build more resilient communities, improve health outcomes, conserve Earth's natural resources, and improve disaster response. All proceeds from the book will be donated to the American Red Cross. Learn more here.
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In this latest episode of Tools and Weapons, Microsoft's Vice Chair and President Brad Smith draws on the lessons from the printing press and supporting industries to illustrate how different technologies are coming together to create a new AI economy. He explains the critical partnerships between countries, regulators, and tech companies that are needed to build the infrastructure to run generative AI and develop the skills people need to use it. Smith also discusses how Microsoft’s AI Access Principles foster innovation and a path for new businesses by ensuring access, fairness, and responsibility.
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In this latest episode of Tools and Weapons, Microsoft's Vice Chair and President Brad Smith draws on the lessons from the printing press and supporting industries to illustrate how different technologies are coming together to create a new AI economy. He explains the critical partnerships between countries, regulators, and tech companies that are needed to build the infrastructure to run generative AI and develop the skills people need to use it. Smith also discusses how Microsoft’s AI Access Principles foster innovation and a path for new businesses by ensuring access, fairness, and responsibility.
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Last week, Microsoft announced a set of AI Access Principles via a keynote speech by Vice Chair and President Brad Smith at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The AI Access Principles guide Microsoft's commitment to providing the broad technology access needed to empower organizations, developers, and countries to develop and use AI.
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Yves Ubelmann is a technologist, artist, and architect on a mission to digitally preserve the world’s cultural and natural heritage. He is the founder and CEO of Iconem, a company that creates stunning 3D models of endangered sites and environments. In this episode, Brad and Yves tour the subject of Iconem’s most ambitious project, an AI-generated twin of one of the world’s most magnificent cities: Venice. Inspired by his grandfather’s work to restore war-damaged heritage sites in France, Yves shares how he is using AI to memorialize the world’s heritage in 3D and raising awareness of the effects of climate change on our planet.
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