Today, Microsoft released a new report outlining details of the latest Russian cyber operations in its war on Ukraine. The report offers five conclusions that come from the war’s first four months. https://lnkd.in/guVHmZ-x

How do you fund new units of affordable housing in the Puget Sound region? Most projects spend years sorting out financing while families face increasingly expensive options.
 
One approach to address the challenge is the Evergreen Impact Housing Fund, a partnership with the Seattle Foundation that brings catalytic capital to #AffordableHousing development.
 
Together with Microsoft and other partners, they’re pioneering new solutions to the #PugetSound region’s affordability crisis and helping hundreds find new homes.  https://lnkd.in/gnX-V8as

A new report from Northwestern University finds the continuing decline in local journalism is widening the digital and economic divide in the U.S., Microsoft remains committed to helping to address these threats through our #Journalism Initiative: https://lnkd.in/gm2MesjC

#JournalismMatters

Research shows an estimated 85% of autistic people in the U.S. are unemployed, compared with around 4% of the general population. Our latest newsletter discusses the topic of neurodiversity #hiring and explores what it means to be #neurodivergent: https://lnkd.in/ghz7PY5j

What’s next in the fight against climate change? ? We caught up with four experts at Microsoft on their #sustainability predictions for 2022: https://t.co/OsfxkvgkyY

? Born out of a joint effort between Microsoft, The Singapore National Parks Board and Conservation International, Fin Finder?, Asia’s first-AI powered mobile app that uses #AI to visually identify illegally traded shark and ray species, empowers enforcement officers to quickly flag suspicious fin shipments. By placing this powerful solution in the hands of experts, we hope to accelerate the efforts against critical global environmental challenges. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dgJR9kTh

? How do we design, develop and deploy our AI systems responsibly? We recently shared our updated Responsible AI Standard, a framework to guide how we build AI systems. Here’s what you need to know:

?? A few years. Multiple departments. Countless tests. Our Responsible AI Standard reflects hundreds of inputs across Microsoft technologies, professions and geographies that have improved clarity and practicality of the requirements.

? Laws have not kept up with AI’s unique risks or society’s needs, even as it becomes more a part of our lives. The Microsoft #ResponsibleAI Standard details concrete goals that teams developing AI system must accomplish to uphold our six AI principles. (pictured below)

??Leveraging learnings from products like our speech-to-text technology and Azure AI’s Custom Neural Voice, we’re making a few changes to our #AI products: We’re adding new controls for high-risk AI biometric services and retiring certain capabilities in our Face API.

?We recognize the Responsible AI Standard is just one of many steps in our Responsible AI journey, and we’re committed to open, honest and transparent in our efforts to make meaningful progress. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g3eyBg_T

Microsoft proudly supports Princeton University and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in the creation of the Institute for Research on the Information Environment, aimed at facilitating global research and creating #policy solutions to help address the complex challenges within today’s information ecosystem. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gxH8abVZ