Microsoft Research
3 published articles
Nature Neuroscience paper
Microsoft's new method turns black-box brain AI into readable theories
GCT translates uninterpretable LLM-based brain models into short phrases like 'food preparation' or 'location names,' then uses an LLM to write stories that causally test those explanations in real subjects. The method promises to bridge predictive AI and human-readable scientific theory.
2026-07-05
Open source
Microsoft just opened a codebase that kills the worst part of enterprise data work
Data Formulator 0.7 is an open-source AI system from Microsoft Research that helps enterprise teams connect fragmented data sources, prepare and analyze data with context-aware agents, and iteratively refine visualizations in a shared workspace, all without requiring SQL or programming skills.
2026-07-03
Memory Management
mimalloc, Microsoft's tiny memory workhorse, is quietly powering AI at scale
Microsoft Research's mimalloc memory allocator, designed for high concurrency and large memory scales, is quietly powering AI and cloud services at scale. Its thread-local design with thousands of free lists minimizes contention and delivers both speed and memory efficiency.
2026-07-03