Economics
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New Future of Work: AI is driving rapid change, uneven benefits
For the past five years, the New Future of Work report has captured how work is changing. This year, the shift feels especially sharp. Previous editions have focused on technology’s role in increasing productivity by…
Podcast
Ideas: Steering AI toward the work future we want
Microsoft Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan and researchers Jenna Butler, Jake Hofman, and Rebecca Janssen unpack the New Future of Work Report 2025 and explore the ideal AI-driven working world. Plus, is AI a tool or a collaborator? And…
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The Publication Choice Problem
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GridFM
Small foundation models for the electric grid GridFM is a Microsoft Research initiative to build small foundation models for the electric power grid, applying the same recipe that drives modern language and weather models to…
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