Articles about AI for Good

These fifth graders vibe coded a real-world Braille tool — and wowed their Microsoft teacher

The students in a computer science class at the Global Idea School, an independent, non-profit elementary school in Redmond, Wash., learned vibe coding through GitHub Spark and built a Braille 3D Generator, a tool that turns text into printable, tactile 3D Braille models in seconds. Read More

AI model from Microsoft and UW maps out breast cancer in MRIs with unprecedented accuracy

New research shows how AI technology can spot breast cancer in MRI scans more accurately than current digital methods, while… Read More

Microsoft awards $5M to Wash. initiatives using AI in sustainability, health and education challenges

Microsoft on Tuesday afternoon announced the 20 Washington state organizations and initiatives that will receive a share of $5 million… Read More

Microsoft launches $5M grant program for AI projects in WA state as part of 50th anniversary

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is offering a total of $5 million in cloud computing credits in its home state… Read More

Microsoft’s new open-source AI solution will beam wildlife data from remote corners of the world

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab this morning unveiled a new open-source project and AI-powered edge computing device designed to improve… Read More

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Can AI save the world? New book from Microsoft aims to show the potential for positive change

A few years ago, Microsoft researchers and data scientists used machine learning to help marine biologists analyze patterns in underwater… Read More

AI2 and Microsoft use satellite images plus artificial intelligence to monitor the planet

Geospatial data analysis promises to revolutionize the way agriculture, urban planning and disaster relief is done — and thanks to… Read More

Microsoft AI tool reveals swath of devastation from Maui wildfire

In Maui’s historic town of Lahaina, more than half of the community’s 2,810 buildings have been damaged by a wildfire… Read More

Microsoft launches $40M initiative to solve global health challenges with AI

Microsoft launched a major health research initiative Wednesday to address some of the medical world’s most confounding challenges using artificial… Read More

As nonprofits struggle to ease the world’s woes, Microsoft steps up its tech support

When Hurricane Harvey pounded southeast Texas and neighboring areas with devastating rains and flooding in August 2017, Team Rubicon’s volunteers… Read More

From ‘evil empire’ to model citizen? How Microsoft’s good deeds work to its competitive advantage

Microsoft, the tech powerhouse once maligned as the “evil empire,” is engaged in a radical shift, taking on the mantle… Read More

Google kicks off a $25M competition for ideas that promote ‘AI for Social Good’

Google today unveiled a $25 million initiative called the Google AI Impact Challenge, aimed at soliciting and supporting projects that… Read More

Microsoft commits $40M over 5 years to AI for Humanitarian Action initiative

Microsoft is investing in a new program employing its vast artificial intelligence resources to deal with humanitarian crisis. Set against… Read More