Microsoft takes artificial intelligence (AI) to the next level

Fariha Khan
October 3, 2016
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Bringing together Microsoft’s topnotch research organization with over 5,000 computer scientists and engineers, Microsoft Corp. has recently announced that it has established the Microsoft AI and Research Group. Harry Shum, a Microsoft expert who has been leading various Microsoft Research and Bing engineering projects, will be the head of this group.

Microsoft is aiming to democratizing artificial Intelligence (AI) journey for people across the globe, enabling people to benefit from its endless advantages. With today’s announcement we get to see how the company is reinforcing this commitment and focusing on AI. The objective of these efforts related to artificial intelligence is to accelerate the delivery of new capabilities to customers across agents, infrastructure, apps and services.

In addition to Shum’s team, a number of other engineering leaders and teams will be a part of the new group. These would include Information Platform, Cortana and Bing, and Ambient Computing and Robotics. All combined, the Microsoft AI and Research Group will include AI product engineering, basic and applied research labs as well as and New Experiences and Technologies. Shum expressed that the latest move shows the company’s commitment to using intelligent technology and democratizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) journey to changes the world around us.

To its initiative to democratize AI, Microsoft is taking a four-pronged.

To its initiative to democratize AI, Microsoft is taking a four-pronged.

• Agents. Connect AI to essentially transform human and computer interaction through agents

• Applications. Instil every app with intelligence

• Services. Make intelligent capabilities that are permeated in Microsoft’s apps available to every app developer

• Infrastructure. Create the most powerful AI supercomputer in the world with Azure and make it accessible to all

At Microsoft, we are focused on empowering both people and organizations, by democratizing access to intelligence to help solve our most pressing challenges. To do this, we are infusing AI into everything we deliver across our computing platforms and experiences.

said Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft.

Microsoft Research has been contributed to advance the state-of-the-art of computing through its revolutionary research for more than 25 years. Ranging from Office to Xbox, Windows to HoloLens, and the company has contributed groundbreaking technologies to almost every product and service Microsoft has produced.