Microsoft Research Asia, an influential research institute based in Beijing and Shanghai, has continued to conduct AI research at high risk of abuse, including facial recognition, with sanctioned Chinese universities linked to the communist country’s military. Despite these ties Microsoft insists there are guardrails against such sensitive research at the institute.
Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) was originally founded in 1998 as the Microsoft China Research Institute. By 2016, a Chinese media outlet reported that it had trained nearly 5,000 interns, with hundreds going on to Chinese tech giants and prestigious universities. It now employs…
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