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Using AI to assist in rare disease diagnosis 

September 22, 2025 | Mandi Hall and Ashley Conard
New research from Microsoft, Drexel, and the Broad explores how generative AI could support genetic professionals in rare disease diagnosis.

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    RenderFormer: How neural networks are reshaping 3D rendering 

    September 10, 2025 | Yue Dong

    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.

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    Breaking the networking wall in AI infrastructure  

    September 9, 2025 | Paolo Costa

    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.

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    Applicability vs. job displacement: further notes on our recent research on AI and occupations 

    August 21, 2025

    Recently, we released a paper Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI that studied what occupations might find AI chatbots useful, and to what degree. The paper sparked significant discussion, which is no surprise since people care deeply about the future of AI and jobs--that’s part of why we think it’s important to study these topics.

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    Project Ire autonomously identifies malware at scale 

    August 5, 2025

    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.

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