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Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers Group Reorganized into Microsoft AI
Key points
- AI Frontiers formed in 2023 for organized AI research.
- Developed projects like Autogen and Fara agent.
- Created a shared monorepo for Microsoft Research.
- Reorganized into Microsoft AI in early September.
Formation of AI Frontiers
The AI Frontiers (AIF) sub-organization was established within Microsoft Research (MSR) in 2023. Its creation followed the release of ChatGPT, with the goal of organizing AI research efforts more effectively than typical individual-driven projects within MSR. The group aimed to overcome limitations of single-person research, such as slow progress and insufficient baselines.
Key Projects and Contributions
AIF focused on developing coherent research, including projects related to agents like the Autogen orchestration framework and the Fara computer use agent. In New York City, researchers within AIF also pursued fundamental capabilities such as the Next Latent objective for extrapolation, Dion3 for optimizing Muon, and the Full Bandwidth Transformer for efficient model recursion.
The group also contributed to internal sharing within MSR by developing a monorepo, which included a proven-capable edge scale pretraining codebase. This initiative aimed to centralize and share model creation pipelines, addressing a common challenge across different internal efforts.
Reorganization into Microsoft AI
In early September, AI Frontiers was reorganized and integrated into Microsoft AI. The stated rationale for this merger was to concentrate AI efforts and leverage strengths from both organizations. Microsoft AI is a significantly larger entity compared to the approximately 50-person AIF group.
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Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers (AIF) sub-organization, formed in 2023 to coordinate AI research, has been reorganized and integrated into Microsoft AI. This change aims to consolidate AI efforts, though it merges a smaller, focused group with a larger existing organization.