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AIAug 12, 2026Microsoft Research

MindTopo reveals VLMs’ spatial reasoning abilities

Microsoft Research published “MindTopo reveals VLMs’ spatial reasoning abilities” dated 2026-08-12. According to the Microsoft Research feed, a path, a fence, a knot. The same item also notes that MindTopo sets a new benchmark for testing how AI understands topological relationships and highlights new opportunities to strengthen spatial reasoning and planning. The same item also notes that post MindTopo reveals…

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AIAug 11, 2026Microsoft Research

Introducing CARE-X: Towards Clinically Useful Radiology VLMs with Auxiliary Supervision, Reward-Aligned Learning, and Tool-Augmented Measurement

Microsoft Research published “Introducing CARE-X: Towards Clinically Useful Radiology VLMs with Auxiliary Supervision, Reward-Aligned Learning, and Tool-Augmented Measurement” dated 2026-08-11. According to the Microsoft Research feed, radiology AI is evolving beyond report generation. The same item also notes that CARE-X explores a unified approach that combines flexible reasoning, calibrated predictions, and…

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AIAug 3, 2026Microsoft Research

Orchard: An open framework for scalable agentic AI

Microsoft Research published “Orchard: An open framework for scalable agentic AI” dated 2026-08-03. According to the Microsoft Research feed, orchard is an open-source framework for the research community to train and evaluate AI agents across task types. The same item also notes that it reduces complexity while supporting strong performance from smaller models by enabling researchers to reuse the same…

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AIJul 30, 2026Microsoft Research

Echoverse: Deep, evolving environments for computer-use agents

Microsoft Research published “Echoverse: Deep, evolving environments for computer-use agents” dated 2026-07-30. According to the Microsoft Research feed, computer-use AI agents struggle with multi-step workflows like email and customer support. The same item also notes that echoverse trains agents in realistic environments rather than simply providing more training tasks, helping them improve as the tasks, tests,…

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AIJul 9, 2026Microsoft Research

Aurora 1.5: Extending open foundation models for weather and Earth-system applications

Microsoft Research published “Aurora 1.5: Extending open foundation models for weather and Earth-system applications” dated 2026-07-09. According to the Microsoft Research feed, aurora 1.5 adds 22 more variables, hourly temporal resolution, and probabilistic ensemble forecasting to the Aurora foundation model, making it more useful for real-world weather, climate, and energy applications. The same item also notes…

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AIJul 8, 2026Microsoft Research

Flint: A visualization language for the AI era

Microsoft Research published “Flint: A visualization language for the AI era” dated 2026-07-08. According to the Microsoft Research feed, short chart specifications are easy to write, but often produce uninspiring results. The same item also notes that flint is an open-source visualization language that offers a middle path, letting AI agents create expressive charts from compact, human-editable specifications. The…

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