The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group
This departure highlights internal tensions at Microsoft AI and illustrates a broader industry divide between betting exclusively on data and compute scaling versus pursuing fundamental architectural and algorithmic research.
Reported by Hacker News ·
What happened
Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group has effectively dissolved after being reorganized into Microsoft AI, where its leadership clashed with the ex-Inflection leadership's philosophy of prioritizing scaling and data over fundamental research. Consequently, the author and the rest of the founding AI Frontiers leadership team have decided to leave the company.
Who it’s about
- Microsoft Research
- Microsoft AI
- Inflection
- AutoGen
- ByteDance