Azure Government

Anticipating the future of physical systems design

May 20, 2024 May 20, 2024 05/20/24

Mujtaba Hamid

Rising complexity, IP intensity and need for security of physical systems products requires a transformation in how to develop, manufacture and operate these systems. To meet time-to-market demands, software developers and hardware producers alike need optimized cloud + AI solutions that can provide higher levels of collaboration, higher ...

Microsoft AI Powering DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge

May 6, 2024 May 6, 2024 05/6/24

William Chappell

One of the most promising applications of advanced AI is its ability to help combat cyberattacks from enhanced threat intelligence to AI-powered remediation. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) that will bring together the foremost experts in AI and cybersecurity to develop ...

Beyond the hype: Part 1, How trustworthy AI empowers US Government agencies

April 30, 2024 Apr 30, 2024 04/30/24

Kent Cunningham

Large language models’ (LLM) ability to transform mission workflows for US Government agencies is revolutionary and adoption is now starting to accelerate. As agencies begin to leverage LLMs, they unlock capabilities that promise to streamline processes and drive innovation forward. It also means that there’s more to be done in the near ...

Supporting Federal Agencies in Their Implementation of the Executive Order on AI – Part 1

April 23, 2024 Apr 23, 2024 04/23/24

Jason Payne, Kent Cunningham, Richard Brion

The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence (M-24-10) (the “Memo”), part of the President’s comprehensive strategy on AI, outlines a structured approach for federal agencies to leverage artificial intelligence responsibly. The Memo provides direction that establishes a governance framework, fosters...

Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench now in public preview

March 18, 2024 Mar 18, 2024 03/18/24

Mujtaba Hamid, Prashant Varshney

Mujtaba Hamid, GM Product Management, Strategic Missions & Technologies, Microsoft Prashant Varshney, Head of Product, Azure MSWB, Strategic Missions & Technologies, Microsoft Designing a silicon chip, an aircraft engine, an autonomous system, running sub-surface simulation for oil drilling, and other complex engineering systems ...

Comprehensive Document Translation Solution

February 21, 2024 Feb 21, 2024 02/21/24

Sreedhar Mallangi, Richard Posada, Ted Shelton

Background and Use Cases Many of our customers have a requirement to translate documents from a variety of languages into a common language to ensure their mission success. These documents can be in a variety of formats, with unique page layouts and styles, and they may contain images with embedded text essential for a complete ...

Azure OpenAI service is now available in Azure Government

February 6, 2024 Feb 6, 2024 02/6/24

Candice Ling

In October, I shared Microsoft’s commitment to bring the latest advances in AI to support critical government needs and further drive innovation for mission critical workloads. I am thrilled to announce Azure OpenAI Service is now available in Azure Government joining a comprehensive set of existing AI Platform of services that include Azure...

How Microsoft is helping the Space Force become a Digital Service

January 9, 2024 Jan 9, 2024 01/9/24

Steve Kitay

Space is increasingly becoming a contested environment as nation-states compete to control this latest frontier. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is taking significant steps to modernize systems and capabilities in order to ensure service members have the best tools to protect and defend our interests in space. SSC ...

Decoding AI: Part 8, Data governance and generative AI

December 19, 2023 Dec 19, 2023 12/19/23

Kent Cunningham, Siddhartha Chaturvedi

Welcome to Part 8 of our Decoding AI: A government perspective learning series! In our previous blog, we re-introduced a technique that can help us achieve better boundary conditions and quality outputs: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with GAI. In this module, we wrap up with a culmination of all our learnings till date, and how they can...

Decoding AI: Part 7, Retrieval Augmented Generation with GAI

December 5, 2023 Dec 5, 2023 12/5/23

Siddhartha Chaturvedi, Miri Rodriguez

Welcome to Part 7 of our Decoding AI: A government perspective learning series! In our previous blog, we discussed how to create boundary conditions in generative AI, the topic on everybody’s mind, as we explore the boundaries (pardon the pun) of generative AI - the constraints or rules that guide the outputs of these technologies, and why ...