This episode of #BehindtheTech I’m joined by Mike Schroepfer, climate venture capitalist and partner Gigascale. Formerly CTO of Facebook, today he’s focused on addressing the issue of climate change investing in companies advancing clean energy, biotech and computing. Take a listen.

Thrilled to be joined on #BehindtheTech by engineer and YouTuber Xyla Foxlin⚡, who shares her passion for making things born from a childhood love of art and creative exploration. Today, she showcases her skills building everything from a rocket to a sailboat. Take a listen.

We’re delighted to support the Nat'l AI Research Resource pilot U.S. National Science Foundation. The initiative aligns with our commitment to broaden AI research & spur innovation by providing greater computing resources to researchers & engineers in academia & non-profit sectors aka.ms/AAor7kn

We’re kicking off the New Year on #BehindtheTech with a wide-ranging conversation with Lisa Su, Chair and CEO of AMD, from her upbringing and early interest in engineering to her role today leading one of the fastest growing semiconductor companies in the world. Take a listen.

This #BehindtheTech revisits some of 2023’s thought-provoking conversations with guests like Bill Gates, Neil deGrasse Tyson, OpenAI’s Mira Murati, and others —reflecting on AI's transformation of the technology landscape and looking ahead to the future.

And our work on Medprompt (including promptbase on GitHub) steers frontier models to better performance— achieving the highest score ever reported on the MMLU challenge.

I'm immensely proud of the work that my colleagues in Microsoft Research showcased at this week’s NeurIPS Conference regarding foundation models of all sizes, including Phi-2, which matches or outperforms models up to 25x larger.

Microsoft Chief Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz explains how new prompting strategies can enable generalist large language models like GPT-4 to achieve exceptional expertise in specific domains, like medicine, and outperform fine-tuned specialist models: msft.it/6011izxEb

To my partners at OpenAI: We have seen your petition and appreciate your desire potentially to join Sam Altman at Microsoft’s new AI Research Lab. Know that if needed, you have a role at Microsoft that matches your compensation and advances our collective mission.

Wanted to take a moment to say to all of the unbelievably talented folks at Open AI I've had the privilege of working with for years: we're going to continue supporting you and the important work that you're doing, no matter what.  Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and I have got your backs.

Fact or fiction? AI will take everyone’s jobs. 👀 Time to bring in an #AI expert. We chatted with Technical Advisor Karmel Allison, who sets the record straight on 4 common AI misconceptions.

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Enjoyed having David Kirtley, who's developing breakthroughs in sustainable energy, on #BehindTheTech . We covered a lot, including Helion's approach to fusion and their progress building fusion generators. Take a listen to learn more about the important work they're doing.

Incredibly proud to see my colleague Guido van Rossum be honored for developing the Python programming language. Today, it’s one of the most popular programming languages and I’m thrilled his work is being recognized.

We're joining forces with Photonic to enable future quantum networking over long distances—and to integrate Photonic's scalable quantum computing offering into Azure Quantum Elements. Learn more: msft.it/60189CcZg

We’re excited to announce we’re enhancing startup AI support with additional Azure AI infrastructure, including high-end GPU VM clusters. We're proud to offer this to Y Combinator and M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund startups to boost AI innovation. Learn more: msft.it/601897qYo

GitHub Copilot has crossed the chasm.

We are thrilled to share that Copilot now has over 1 million paid subscribers in over 37,000 organizations, making it the most widely adopted AI developer tool in history. And we're not even close to done 👀

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The world needs clear standards to help ensure the safe and responsible development and use of powerful Frontier #AI models globally. Microsoft looks forward to work with Chris Meserole as the first Executive Director of the Frontier Model Forum, and the creation of the new AI…

.William A Adams was my first Technical Advisor at Microsoft, and I learned so much from him. We recently caught up on #BehindTheTech and discussed his early tech ventures, passion for D&I programming, and the importance of equity and diversity in tech. Take a listen!

So many stories to tell, so many characters to meet, so many worlds to explore…

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