As AI reshapes work, Microsoft and UW expand partnership for training, research — and a looming jobs gap

The University of Washington and Microsoft are deepening their partnership with a new effort aimed at preparing Washington state residents for an AI-driven economy.
The Daily of the University of Washington

UW and Microsoft announce expanded partnership to enhance AI-learning, pledge 'many millions' in support

UW President Robert J. Jones and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith announced a new expansion of their partnership ...

Meet Project Catapult, a super-search machine network being built by Microsoft engineers

Microsoft engineers are working on Project Catapult, utilizing field-programmable arrays (FPGAs) that Microsoft can modify specifically for use on its own software such as Bing. This allows for faster ...
InfoQ

Microsoft Agent Framework RC Simplifies Agentic Development in .NET and Python

Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft Agent Framework has reached Release Candidate status for both .NET and Python. This milestone indicates that the API surface is stable and feature-complete ...