John Langford leaves Microsoft as AI Frontiers ends
AI · First reported 7 Nov, 18:02 · Updated 18:58
John Langford says he has left Microsoft after AI Frontiers was moved into Microsoft AI in early September. He describes a conflict over research priorities and says the group will not offer internships in the coming year.
- Langford says he and colleagues formed AI Frontiers within Microsoft Research in 2023 to organize research efforts; the group had about 50 people.
- The group was moved into Microsoft AI in early September. Langford says its leadership emphasized scaling over research and that he could not get his innovations used or seriously considered there.
- Langford says AI Frontiers is over and there will be no internships with the group in the coming year. The second article says the formal status of the group and assignments for remaining staff were not detailed in his account.
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- Group formed
- AI Frontiers was created within Microsoft Research in 2023.
- Group size
- About 50 people.
- Organizational move
- Moved from Microsoft Research into Microsoft AI in early September.
- Named projects
- Autogen, an agent orchestration framework, and Fara, a computer-use agent.
- Internships
- Langford says the group will not have internships in the coming year.
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