Take your data exploration to the next level with Agentic Mode, now in the newest version of Data Formulator, available on Azure AI Foundry Labs. Update charts, get recommendations, and create reports grounded in your exploration. msft.it/6010tJyvk 1/2

A collaboration between Signify and Microsoft Research shows how PIKE-RAG improves enterprise knowledge systems, delivering a 12% increase in accuracy and faster, more reliable answers: msft.it/6012tydu8

AI agents are transforming digital marketplaces, mediating discovery and transactions between consumers and businesses. The new Magentic Marketplace provides an open-source, extensible simulation environment for studying different agentic market designs: msft.it/6014tyz9q

Code agents help streamline software development workflows, but may also introduce critical security risks. Learn how RedCodeAgent automates and improves “red-teaming” attack simulations to help uncover real-world threats that other methods overlook: msft.it/6013shouB

In this issue of Research Focus: ECHO boosts LM agents’ learning efficiency; Robusta enhances heuristic algorithms with LLMs; LEGOMem improves multi-agent workflows; and PulseParse secures data parsing: msft.it/6016tGwXK

Microsoft researchers received the Best Paper Award at ESEM 2025 for "When Domains Collide: An Activity Theory Exploration of Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration.” Learn more: msft.it/6012tEVKm

The StarTrack Scholars Program at Microsoft Research Asia offers young faculty a 3-month research opportunity to collaborate globally, gain access to world-class resources, and innovate for the future. Learn more and apply now: msft.it/6012t8Sme

Research is serious work, powered by real people. Get to know Director of Microsoft Research AI for Science Chris Bishop and learn what excites him beyond the lab.

SentinelStep enables AI agents to handle monitoring tasks that run for hours or days, like watching for emails or tracking prices. It works by managing when agents should check and their context, avoiding wasted resources and missed updates. msft.it/6018sC85Y

Paraphrasing a protein is like paraphrasing a sentence—the words change, but the meaning holds. Microsoft scientists applied this concept to toxic proteins, revealing a blind spot in DNA screening and leading a cross-sector team to develop a fix. msft.it/6010s4tW8

Identifying and mitigating risk to support AI breakthroughs needs thoughtful, innovative approaches. In “Ideas,” Eric Horvitz and collaborators share the nuances of building a red-teaming protocol for testing and securing DNA biosecurity screening tools. msft.it/6015sF1vt

We’re a proud sponsor of #SOSP2025! From advancing performance debugging, to multilingual AI systems, our teams are pushing the boundaries of systems research. Explore the full list of accepted papers: msft.it/6014sNzS8

How is agentic AI changing research in the modern lab? Join our October 28 webinar to explore real use cases in life sciences and see how AI copilots boost R&D productivity. msft.it/6019sFEZb

Microsoft Chief Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz unveils a multi-year biosecurity study and tackles a core scientific dilemma: how to share sensitive findings that advance progress without inviting misuse. msft.it/6013s0clU

The wait is over! Microsoft Research is sharing Skala, the new exchange-correlation functional, marking a major milestone in the accuracy/cost trade-off in DFT. Help us learn from your testing so we can improve. Available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub. msft.it/6016sFDLY

In “Ideas,” collaborators Eric Horvitz, Bruce Wittmann, Tessa Alexanian, & James Diggans discuss a red-teaming effort that exposed & secured a biosecurity vulnerability in AI-driven protein design—& what the work shows about managing AI’s dual-use risks. msft.it/6010sLYsr

Microsoft researchers reveal a confidential research effort that explored how open-source AI tools could be used to bypass biosecurity checks—and helped create fixes now influencing global standards. msft.it/6015sxXo7

Lidong Zhou, Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia, has been recognized and conferred an Honorary Fellowship by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for his work in advancing AI research and talent development. msft.it/6016sqSdA

Yesterday’s Microsoft Research Forum is now available on-demand! Explore how research is driving real-world impact from fundamental exploration to advancing AI responsibly, scaling innovation through products and open source, and driving positive change for society. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

New research from Microsoft, Drexel, and the Broad explores how generative AI could support genetic professionals in rare disease diagnosis. msft.it/6019sS3P5

Microsoft Research Forum livestream kicks off soon. Register and tune in here: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

Congratulations to Frank Noé, Partner Research Manager at Microsoft Research AI for Science, who received the 2025–2026 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry for pioneering contributions at the interface of AI and chemistry. msft.it/6015sqq4R

AI is impacting healthcare—from medical training to drug discovery. Learn how things are changing from those using, studying, and developing healthcare AI in “The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited” with host @peteratmsr.bsky.social. All episodes available now: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

The Microsoft Research Undergraduate Internship Program offers 12-week internships in our Redmond, NYC, or New England labs for rising juniors and seniors who are passionate about technology. Apply by October 6: msft.it/6015scgSJ

As agentic AI ushers in a new era marked by tool expansion, systems are converging, and complexity is rising. Microsoft Research explores the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a new standard for agent collaboration across fragmented tool ecosystems. msft.it/6014scgGq

Join us on September 24 at 8 AM PT for season 2 of the Microsoft Research Forum, where we’ll explore how purposeful research is driving advancements across biology, hardware and AI. Explore the agenda and register: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

RenderFormer, from Microsoft Research, is the first model to show that a neural network can learn a complete graphics rendering pipeline. It’s designed to support full-featured 3D rendering using only machine learning—no traditional graphics computation required. Learn more: msft.it/6012s9mu8

Datacenter memory and network limits are restraining AI system performance. MOSAIC uses microLEDs and a wide-and-slow optical architecture to deliver faster, longer, more reliable, and energy efficient connections that could transform AI cluster designs: msft.it/6017siEVN

Microsoft brings new network innovation to #SIGCOMM2025 in areas like optical interconnects and cellular infrastructure. Discover accepted papers, view open roles, and connect with us in Coimbra: msft.it/6011s9sd5

We’re thrilled to share that Tian Xie, Principal Research Manager at Microsoft Research AI for Science, has been named to MIT Technology Review’s 2025 Innovators Under 35! Tian recently led the development of MatterGen, our generative AI model for materials discovery. msft.it/6010s9dse

Newly published in PNAS, Microsoft Research introduces the Sui Generis score, a method to measure narrative diversity in LLM outputs. The study reveals how AI storytelling often echoes plot elements creating repetitive, less unique, narratives. msft.it/6015s5Kdl

What has AI’s impact been out in the healthcare wild? In “The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited” finale, Peter Lee, Carey Goldberg, and Dr. Zak Kohane explore guests’ experiences with the tech in med school, drug discovery, and beyond and look ahead. msft.it/6014snCS6

Crescent helps make digital IDs private by preventing tracking across uses while letting users only disclose what’s necessary from their credentials: msft.it/6011snCgJ

Each Microsoft Academic Research Exchange session highlights real-world research applications, interdisciplinary collaboration, and emerging methodologies. Register here for the upcoming webinar: msft.it/6019sn7oP

For the finale of “The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited,” Peter Lee, Carey Goldberg, and Dr. Zak Kohane compare their predictions to insights from the series’ most recent guests, including leaders in AI-driven medicine and doctors in training. msft.it/6018snnki

MindJourney can enable AI to navigate and interpret 3D environments from limited visual input, potentially improving performance in navigation, planning, and safety-critical tasks: msft.it/6019spq8P

In Ep. 10 of “The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited,” former Washington State Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah & Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. Gianrico Farrugia share their optimism for how AI can improve public health, healthcare delivery, & medical research. msft.it/6018sRd0p

What can domains like cybersecurity and pharma teach us about governing AI and the role of evaluation and testing? Find out in the “AI Testing and Evaluation” podcast and in a new white paper distilling insights from eight expert case studies. msft.it/6013suIdN

RetroChimera, now available on Azure AI Foundry, marks a new milestone for predicting synthesis routes to drug-like molecules, opening new possibilities for AI in drug discovery. Learn more: msft.it/6011sutzJ

Dion is a new AI model optimization method that boosts scalability and performance over existing leading methods by orthonormalizing only a top rank subset of singular vectors, enabling more efficient training of large models such as LLaMA-3 with reduced overhead: msft.it/6018suLDa

At Microsoft Research, best-in-class resources are paired with autonomy in order to drive bold ideas into solutions used globally. It’s a workplace where collaboration, curiosity, and innovation drive every breakthrough. Explore a career at MSR: msft.it/6014sOOR6

Former Washington State Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah & Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. Gianrico Farrugia talk AI’s impact on public health & healthcare delivery—from emergency response to patient outcomes—in Ep. 10 of “The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited.” msft.it/6016s3tgG

Microsoft is pioneering a vision for a self-adapting AI system that can adapt to the dynamic nature of scientific discovery, promoting deeper, more refined reasoning in complex scientific domains. msft.it/6013s3DqL

VeriTrail, new from Microsoft Research, can detect AI-generated content that is not supported by the source text, trace the provenance of content from final output back to the source, and locate where errors were likely introduced. Learn more: msft.it/6012sMc3m

Designed to classify software without context, Project Ire replicates the gold standard in malware analysis through reverse engineering. It streamlines a complex, expert-driven process, making large-scale malware detection faster & more consistent: msft.it/6015s1tTN

Medical education needs to evolve to meet the AI moment. In Ep. 9 of "The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited," Dr. Morgan Cheatham & Daniel Chen explore how clinicians in training use AI while navigating questions of responsibility & the future of care. msft.it/6010sJY94

In Episode 9 of "The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited," resident physician and venture capitalist Morgan Cheatham and med student Daniel Chen explore generative AI's impact on medical training, from classroom learning to clinical practice. msft.it/6011s1Qrd

Xinxing Xu is helping shape the work of Microsoft Research Asia – Singapore by turning advanced AI research into real-world solutions. Learn how he collaborates across sectors and disciplines to drive responsible innovation throughout Southeast Asia: msft.it/6016sEN2O

So pleased to launch @MSFTResearch Asia – Singapore today. This takes our longstanding collaborations to the next level and gives new opportunities to advance AI to benefit humanity. We're grateful for the engagement of so many great people and orgs here. news.microsoft.com/source/asia/...

Semantic Telemetry helps LLMs run efficiently, reliably, and in near real-time. Learn about the engineering behind that system, including the trade-offs and lessons learned along the way—from batching strategies to token optimization and orchestration. msft.it/6011sEfI7