In an important step forward for the New Jersey Artificial Intelligence Hub (NJ AI Hub), founding partner Microsoft announced Thursday (10/30) that it will bring to the Hub its new Microsoft Discovery platform, an advanced Agentic AI and cloud technology that promises to help scientists and organizations accelerate research and solve complex problems more efficiently.
“Part of the mission of the New Jersey AI Hub is to bring the power of artificial intelligence to the people of New Jersey, for the benefit of the region and its economy,” said Liat Krawczyk, executive director of the NJ AI Hub. “We have here a real opportunity for researchers in academia and industry to have the kind of breakthroughs we’ve all been waiting for with AI.” The NJ AI Hub, in partnership with Princeton University, will be one of only two ecosystems of its kind in the world where the Discovery platform will be available initially, along with TitletownTech in Wisconsin as part of a partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“We’re excited for our scholars to use the Microsoft Discovery platform to accelerate their cutting-edge scientific work and be early leaders in this new mode of research,” said Jennifer Rexford, Princeton’s provost and the Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor in Engineering, also noting the opportunities for researchers from colleges and universities across the state to engage with the new platform and other offerings of the NJ AI Hub.
With Microsoft Discovery, researchers can speed up scientific discovery by using advanced AI and high-performance computing to analyze vast amounts of scientific data, simulate experiments and discover new materials or solutions much faster than traditional methods. In addition, the platform allows teams to collaborate more effectively by bringing together specialized AI agents with human experts to encourage continuous, iterative collaboration. To read the full story.