Ashley J. Llorens

VP & Distinguished Scientist @MSFTResearch + ~former hip hop artist + husband & father, pursuing new insights into the nature of human and machine intelligence

[Ashley J. Llorens @ashleyllorens]

Such an honor to spend a full hour having a fascinating discussion with @Microsoft CTO @kevin_scott about life, music, technology and our shared experience conducting inadvisable experiments with power outlets.

[Kevin Scott @kevin_scott]

.@AshleyLlorens is a scientist and engineer with a 20-year career in research and development of #AI, and has recently joined @MSFTResearch. He's also the hip-hop artist known as SoulStice. Listen to our talk about social intelligence, robotics and more on #BehindTheTech.

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Researchers at Microsoft emphasize the importance of globally equitable AI. Join us at Research Forum on June 4 to learn more about data representation, the latest foundational advances, and how inclusive AI creates impact.
Register nowResearchers at Microsoft emphasize the importance of globally equitable AI. Join us at Research Forum on June 4 to learn more about data representation, the latest foundational advances, and how inclusive AI creates impact.
Register nowResearchers at Microsoft emphasize the importance of globally equitable AI. Join us at Research Forum on June 4 to learn more about data representation, the latest foundational advances, and how inclusive AI creates impact.
Register now.

[Ashley J. Llorens @ashleyllorens]

Excited to be working with @SanctuaryAI and collaborators across industry and academia to advance research in embodied AI including perception, reasoning, planning, and safe and effective collaboration among humans and intelligent systems.

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

We're excited to work with Sanctuary AI to advance embodied AI & robotics research to help customers across industries. Our collaboration will evaluate model performance, efficiency & planning capabilities, with Microsoft Azure powering their AI workloads. https://t.co/2WDv0hjx4M

[Sebastien Bubeck @SebastienBubeck]

phi-3 is here, and it's ... good :-).

I made a quick short demo to give you a feel of what phi-3-mini (3.8B) can do. Stay tuned for the open weights release and more announcements tomorrow morning!

(And ofc this wouldn't be complete without the usual table of benchmarks!)

[Katja Hofmann @katjahofmann]

I'm thrilled to announce a new opening in my group, for a Principal Researcher role in my team!

Help us drive deep scientific insights and shape future machine learning applications in gaming and other application areas.

Learn more and apply here: https://t.co/STdOY5oO09

[Ida Momennejad @criticalneuro]

Such a pleasure to talk to @ashleyllorens about grounding intelligence in brains & building & evaluating brain inspired AI.
Ashley inspired me to articulate big picture ideas about cognitive components that can be orchestrated to solve different problems, like cognitive LEGO.🙏🏼

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

What is general intelligence, and what can the evolution of the brain across species teach us about building AI? In this episode of the “AI Frontiers” podcast series, Principal Researcher Ida Momennejad shares her work in brain-inspired multi-agent AI. https://t.co/mWHcLtvGDy

[Peter Lee @peteratmsr]

So pleased to welcome to @MSFTResearch our new (but very familiar) colleagues at @MicrosoftAfrica Research Institute (MARI) in Nairobi, Kenya! They will amplify our research into creating a more productive future globally. https://t.co/XOhZGboHq0

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Happening tomorrow—Microsoft Research Forum: Episode 2! Register now to join us on March 5 at 9:00 AM PT to learn more about the real-world impact of AI. https://t.co/uIuJGOAX7A

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Chris Bishop, Technical Fellow & AI4Science Director, will share AI4Science's vision for leveraging AI to model and predict natural phenomena during his keynote, "The Revolution in Scientific Discovery." Register for Microsoft Research Forum on March 5.
https://t.co/hRZielny4J

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

As AI brings rapid changes, open and collaborative research is more important than ever. In this new series, Microsoft researchers share their insights and aspirations. Catch a replay of the inaugural conversation and register for upcoming sessions. https://t.co/5C6Tnp0wQF

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Microsoft announces the AFMR Minority Serving Institutions grant recipients, advancing AI research focused on today’s most significant technical and societal challenges. The grant provides funding and access to Azure-hosted foundation models. https://t.co/FIh1dn0Fxc

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Meet the 2024 Microsoft Research AI & Society fellows. These esteemed fellows will join researchers at Microsoft from all over the world to collaborate across 13 high impact research challenges. Learn more about the fellows and the research challenges. https://t.co/xvNIJbuOZY

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Episode One of Microsoft Research Forum is next week!

January 30 at 9:00 AM PT.
Register now ⬇️
https://t.co/Fb5CR71QGX

[Sebastien Bubeck @SebastienBubeck]

Starting the year with a small update, phi-2 is now under MIT license, enjoy everyone!
https://t.co/MCajRFDsK4

[Ashley J. Llorens @ashleyllorens]

#AI has gone from research artifacts and background processes to always-ready collaborators in our pockets during this last year.

Join my team and me in reflecting on the dizzying run of advancements and contributions @MSFTResearch during #2023.

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

AI saw unparalleled growth in 2023, reaching millions daily. This progress owes much to the extensive work of Microsoft researchers and collaborators. In this review, learn about the advances in 2023, which set the stage for further progress in 2024: https://t.co/E7Vl3KBama

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

We have also developed a powerful set of techniques to help steer frontier models to even greater performance, first with MedPrompt, now extended with additional resources we’re making available on GitHub as promptbase. https://t.co/bOJ3kqSXAf

[Kevin Scott @kevin_scott]

I'm immensely proud of the work that my colleagues in Microsoft Research showcased at this week’s NeurIPS Conference regarding foundation models of all sizes, including Phi-2, which matches or outperforms models up to 25x larger.

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Today, we share our teams’ latest contributions, Phi-2 and promptbase.

Phi-2 outperforms other existing small language models, yet it’s small enough to run on a laptop or mobile device. https://t.co/wLhUeRsByL

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Cecily Morrison and Karolina Pakėnaitė are collaborators on a research prototype designed to help members of the blind community find their personal items. Learn how the work is advancing an approach to empower people to shape their own AI experiences: https://t.co/9c6Mhvnm4h

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

ASL Citizen is the first crowdsourced sign language dataset, advancing the state of the art in sign recognition. The web-based project captured input from people in real-world settings, and from a diverse group of experts, including Deaf team members. https://t.co/KPOwz24o0R