Google announced its first AI research center in Asia will be set up in China, underlining the country's capacity to dominate in the fast-growing field.
Google Plans Big AI Push in China
Google is developing its artificial intelligence or AI research to China.
Google announced today that its first artificial intelligence research center in Asia will be set up in China, underlining the country’s capacity to dominate in the fast-growing field.
The search giant said Wednesday that it is opening a facility, Google AI China Center, intended to help the company conduct AI research in the country and hire employees with backgrounds in machine learning. The research facility will be based in Beijing, where Google has an existing office.
Google noted that the new AI Research center in Beijing will host researchers which will focus on basic AI, & “support the AI research community by funding and sponsor AI conferences and workshops, and work closely with the vibrant Chinese AI research community.”
“Whether a breakthrough occurs in Silicon Valley, Beijing or anywhere else, it has the potential to make everyone’s life better for the entire world,” Fei-Fei Li, Google’s head of AI for its cloud computing business, said in a blog post.
“As an AI first company, this is an important part of our collective mission. And we want to work with the best AI talent, wherever that talent is, to achieve it.”
One smart way Google has been trying to attract AI talent in China has been by expanding its free AI software for developers in the country, as Bloomberg News reported. Developers use the so-called "TensorFlow" software to create deep learning models that supercharge apps to do tasks like automatically translating text.
At present, developers in the country are achieving Facial Recognition Systems, Image Processing Systems, and Self-Driving Tech. Bring on the breakthroughs, Google.
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