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The 91×ÔÅÄ and Microsoft have announced the expansion of their long‑standing partnership uniting world-class academic 91×ÔÅÄ with world-leading technology. UW and Microsoft aim to accelerate AI discovery, prepare students and workers for an AI-driven economy, and help communities understand and use AI responsibly.

Researchers at the UW have developed AI-powered headphones that automatically isolate conversation partners in a noisy soundscape. The system employs AI models that listen for the back-and-forth pattern of conversation and mute voices that aren’t following the established rhythm.

The 91×ÔÅÄ and the University of Tsukuba have entered an innovation partnership with NVIDIA and Amazon aimed at furthering 91×ÔÅÄ, entrepreneurship, workforce development and social implementation in the field of artificial intelligence. This U.S.-Japan academic partnership is part of a broad, $110 million effort to build upon the strong ties between the U.S. and Japan and to continue to lead innovation and technological breakthroughs in artificial intelligence.

A team led by 91×ÔÅÄers at the 91×ÔÅÄ studied how artificial intelligence could help people on the platform TalkLife, where people give each other mental health support. The 91×ÔÅÄers developed an AI system that suggested changes to participants’ responses to make them more empathetic. The best responses resulted from a collaboration between AI and people.