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In the news | Microsoft EU Policy Blog
Microsoft responds to European Cloud Provider feedback with new programs and principles
You may have read last month in news reports about concerns raised in Europe about some of Microsoft’s software licensing practices that impact competing cloud providers. As I said to journalists then, we felt that “while not all of these…
In the news | Analytics India Magazine
Microsoft launches Open Data for Society
Brad Smith (opens in new tab), president and vice chair at Microsoft Corporation, has announced that Microsoft (opens in new tab) has launched Open Data for Society. It is a central location for datasets that Microsoft has made open.
In the news | Global Epidemics
New Analysis Shows Vaccines Could Have Prevented 318,000 Deaths
A new analysis by researchers at Brown School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Microsoft AI for Health shows that vaccines could have prevented at least 318,000 Covid-19 deaths between January…
In the news | NPR
This is how many lives could have been saved with COVID vaccinations in each state
One tragic fact about the nearly 1 million people who died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is that a huge share of them didn’t have to. In Tennessee, 11,047 of the people who died could have survived if everyone in…
Awards | Fast Company
These companies are using AI and data to empower positive change
FINALISTS: AI4Leprosy, Novartis Foundation, Microsoft, and Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (opens in new tab) The AI and data category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors projects that harness the power of data, machine learning, or artificial intelligence to understand the…
In the news | Soundcloud
Juan Lavista Ferres from Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab
Juan Lavista Ferres, Chief Scientist and Lab Director at Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab, speaks with Humanitarian AI Today’s host Sarah Spencer about how his team is aiding NGOs by leveraging data to address a variety of global humanitarian…
In the news | Pharmaphorum
AI tool helps detect leprosy using pictures
Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, tells us about AI4Leprosy, a diagnostic assistant researchers developed that helps healthcare workers detect leprosy with over 90% accuracy using pictures of a patient’s skin lesion. An international team of scientists — led…
In the news | Official Microsoft Blog
Closing the cybersecurity skills gap – Microsoft expands efforts to 23 countries
Cybersecurity continues to be a significant threat for governments, businesses and individuals around the world. From supply chain disruptions to ransomware attacks, cybercriminals have become increasingly sophisticated and the threat landscape more diverse. These cybersecurity challenges are compounded by a…
In the news | Microsoft on the Issues
States must act quickly, thoughtfully to bridge the digital divide
An alarming number of people in America are cut off from opportunities afforded to the rest of us who have internet access. Microsoft data shows that more than one out of three people in the U.S. are not using the…