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Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals AI-900 · Domain 2: Fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure

Deep learning: neural networks, weights and layers, and why they suit images, speech and language

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Deep learning is a branch of machine learning that uses artificial neural networks with many layers. It is behind nearly all modern computer vision, speech recognition and language models, including the large language models used in generative AI.

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