In my work with cloud and AI technology leaders, the conversation often turns to how we can align increasingly powerful AI agents with the real-world environments they are meant to serve. The latest research from Microsoft introduces Argos, a verification framework that directly addresses a growing pain point: ensuring multimodal reinforcement learning (RL) models are... Continue Reading →
Why IBM’s Agentic AI Strategy Matters
It did not escape me that this week I am posting an IBM update on a blog called The Microsoft Cloud Blog. That is the joy of working in the Microsoft Practice while also being part of IBM. Every so often the two worlds meet in interesting ways. This announcement from IBM felt like one... Continue Reading →
AI in Healthcare: Claude and Microsoft Foundry Signal a New Era for Clinical and Life Sciences Workflows
Bridging the gap between AI and medicine: Claude in Microsoft Foundry advances capabilities for healthcare and life sciences customers The convergence of artificial intelligence with healthcare and life sciences is accelerating, yet many organisations still grapple with fragmented workflows, mounting administrative tasks, and the relentless pace of scientific discovery. In my experience, bridging these gaps... Continue Reading →
Agent Lightning’s Modular Approach to Scalable Improvement
In the rapidly evolving landscape of software development, AI agents powered by large language models (LLMs) are increasingly tasked with complex, multi-step activities. Yet, as I’ve observed in both enterprise and research contexts, these agents often struggle with reliability and accuracy when the task complexity outpaces what static model inference can handle. Reinforcement learning (RL)... Continue Reading →
Ignite 2025: Agents, IQ, and the Shape of Microsoft’s Future
A Personal Reflection I’ll start with a confession: I didn’t make it to Ignite this year. No frantic dash between sessions, no late-night debates over whether the keynote really hinted at the next big thing. Instead, I’ve been catching up from afar, coffee in hand, scrolling through the Book of News and wondering if this... Continue Reading →