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Simulating student learning for better AI tutoring
StudentSim is a research system for evaluating and improving AI tutoring tools before they are tested with learners. It models how individuals may engage with tutors, giving feedback to improve tutor performance across subjects like chess, writing, and mathematics. The post Simulating student learning for better AI tutoring appeared first on Microsoft Research.
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AI Has Grown Up. Have We?
AI is moving beyond impressive demos. After World Summit AI 2026 in Amsterdam, GPT-Lab's Muhammad Waseem reflects on what organizations need to make AI agents reliable, responsible and genuinely useful in everyday work. The post AI Has Grown Up. Have We? appeared first on GPT-Lab.
What AI gets wrong and what failure teaches us
Jennifer Neville did not want to go into computer science—but that’s exactly where she landed. Neville discusses the starts and stops that led to her professional sweet spot and her work identifying “surprising failures” making it hard for AI to handle complexity. The post What AI gets wrong and what failure teaches us appeared first on Microsoft Research.
Documenting the tech worker movement
Writing as a participant and researcher, PhD student JS Tan SM ’22 has co-authored a new book about the rise of tech worker protests and the employer backlash that followed.