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Research Focus: Week of April 21, 2025
In this issue: our CHI 2025 & ICLR 2025 contributions, plus research on causal reasoning & LLMs; countering LLM jailbreak attacks; and how people use AI vs. AI-alone. Also, SVP of Microsoft Health Jim Weinstein talks rural healthcare innovation.
Engagement, user expertise, and satisfaction: Key insights from the Semantic Telemetry Project
| Amber Hoak, Scott Counts, Kate Lytvynets, David Tittsworth, Siddharth Suri, Nirupama Chandrasekaran, Ben Cutler, and Weiwei Yang
Semantic Telemetry Project data show that people who use AI for more professional and complex tasks are more likely to keep using the tool and to use it more often. Novice AI users engage in simpler tasks, but their usage…
Research Focus: Week of March 24, 2025
In this issue, we examine a new conversation segmentation method that delivers more coherent and personalized agent conversation, and we review efforts to improve MLLMs’ understanding of geologic maps. Check out the latest research and other updates.
Claimify: Extracting high-quality claims from language model outputs
| Dasha Metropolitansky
While large language models (LLMs) are capable of synthesizing vast amounts of information, they sometimes produce inaccurate or unsubstantiated content. To mitigate this risk, tools like Azure AI’s Groundedness Detection (opens in new tab) can be used to verify LLM…
In the news | Becker’s Healthcare
Jim Weinstein named among great leaders in healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review
Dr. Weinstein is a leading advocate for population health, patient agency, and healthcare transformation.
Semantic Telemetry: Understanding how users interact with AI systems
| Amber Hoak, Scott Counts, Kate Lytvynets, David Tittsworth, Siddharth Suri, Ben Cutler, and Weiwei Yang
AI interactions can be iterative and complex. Learn how the Semantic Telemetry project at Microsoft Research is developing a new data science approach to understand human-AI interactions and their value.
In the news | BBC
Tech Life: The doctor will see you now
Find out how holoportation 3D telemedicine technology is helping patients in Ghana.
Jianwei Yang introduces Magma, a new multimodal agentic foundation model designed for UI navigation in digital environments and robotics manipulation in physical settings.
In the news | TheSequence
One of the Best Agent Frameworks in the Market Just Got Way Better
AutoGen has undergone significant evolution since its inception, driven by the need for more efficient, flexible, and scalable agentic AI systems. The release of AutoGen v0.4 introduces a fundamental architectural shift, addressing prior inefficiencies and enhancing its capabilities.