Highlights from CHI 2023
The ways in which people are able to interact with technologies can have a profound effect on a technology’s utility and adoptability. Building computing tools and services around people’s natural styles of work, communication, and play can give technology the…
In the news | Fortune
Microsoft’s Chief Scientific Officer, one of the world’s leading A.I. experts, doesn’t think a 6 month pause will fix A.I.—but has some ideas of how to safeguard it
Eric Horvitz, Microsoft’s first Chief Scientific Officer and one of the leading voices within the rapidly-evolving sector of artificial intelligence, has spent a lot of time thinking about what it means to be human.
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Possible – The future of work
Leading Microsoft’s Future of Work Initiative, Jaime explores how everything from AI to hybrid work changes the way people get things done. Together, Jaime and our hosts discuss how we might best use AI, get a lot done with microtasks,…
In the news | Microsoft WorkLab
The New Performance Equation in the Age of AI
Amid economic uncertainty and the transition to flexible work, leaders are under pressure to increase productivity in flexible work and do more with less. At the same time, next-generation AI is changing the game for how organizations gain a competitive advantage. In this…
In the news | Microsoft Worklab
The Rise of the Triple Peak Day
If the pandemic has revealed anything about work life, it’s that work and life are melded like never before: morning staff meetings streamed from the breakfast table; in-person presentations before school pickup; and evenings of quiet concentration whenever the opportunity…
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What science is teaching us about the future of work
My job as Chief Scientist is to use science to inform how Microsoft thinks about the future of work. To be able to contribute research during this unprecedented time means a lot to me. For instance, our research on transition…
In the past year, leaf blowers, barking dogs, and fussy children have all become staples of our online meetings. This is a case where technology has seemed to come to the rescue, and one of the more impressive AI features…
Suggestions for hybrid work
Hybrid work “is the future” for Microsoft and many of our customers. Hybrid work also presents new challenges not present in remote work. Fortunately, we can draw on pre-pandemic research on hybrid work, extrapolation from our research on all-remote work,…
What is hybrid?
Generally, ‘hybrid’ refers to a mix of collocated (in office or facility) and non-collocated work or workers. That mix can be within a single person or job, or it can be across individuals in a team, workforce, or group of…