John Langford wrote on Nov. 6 and Nov. 7 that he left Microsoft and that AI Frontiers, a group of about 50 people started in Microsoft Research in 2023, is over after an early-September move into Microsoft AI, whose leadership he said is focused on scaling rather than research. Microsoft's lab page, updated Sept. 14, still says the group is part of Microsoft AI, will continue the same research, and lists Ece Kamar as lab director. The company has not posted a closure.
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