Microsoft on the Issues

Today, we are proud to celebrate Disability Pride Month and reaffirm our commitment to closing the disability divide through technology and policy. Disability Pride Month also coincides with the ...

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/07/26/how-microsoft-is-working-with-partners-and-policymakers-to-advance-accessibility-as-a-fundamental-right-through-technology/

Microsoft has long made clear its belief that cyber mercenaries – private sector offensive actors that develop and sell offensive cyber capabilities that fuel a market without legal rules, resp...

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/07/22/protecting-users-and-reaffirming-our-commitment-to-combatting-cyber-mercenaries/

In a world where technology is continually reshaping our lives, its impact on the democratic process remains profound. At its best, digital technology helps empower voters with information for in...

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/07/05/combatting-ai-deepfakes-our-participation-in-the-2024-political-conventions/

Editor’s Note: On Thursday, June 13, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on Microsoft’s cybersecurity practices. You can view ...

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/06/13/microsofts-work-to-strengthen-cybersecurity-protection/

Russia is ramping up malign disinformation campaigns against France, French President Emmanuel Macron, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. While...

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/06/02/russia-cyber-bots-disinformation-2024-paris-olympics/

Last fall, I had the opportunity to participate in the inaugural Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, where world leaders discussed the role of sustainability investment, technology, and inno...

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/05/30/africa-climate-sustainability-ai-solutions/

New this month There has been a lot of accessibility news this month including Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), an annual event that encourages everyone to learn and share best practice...

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/05/30/global-accessibility-awareness-day-gaad-2024/

As AI policy conversations expanded last year, they started to be punctuated by repeated references to unexpected abbreviations. Not the usual short names for new AI models or machine learning ja...

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/05/17/global-governance-goals-and-lessons-for-ai/

Today, Microsoft published the 2024 Environmental Sustainability Report. This report covers fiscal year 2023, and measures progress against our 2020 baseline. You can read the foreword below and ...

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/05/15/microsoft-environmental-sustainability-report-2024/

Today, Microsoft and OpenAI are announcing the launch of a $2 million Societal Resilience Fund to further AI education and literacy among voters and vulnerable communities. In a year when two bil...

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/05/07/societal-resilience-fund-open-ai/