Google has announced that opens in Beijing the centre for research in the field of artificial intelligence. The rumors hovered on the Network for quite a long time and finally they found official confirmation. The company is confident that this way will be able not only to actively develop the technology, but also to recruit staff of talented Chinese employees to help Google to reach new heights in the field of AI.
Despite the fact that Google’s search engine in China have been blocked, hundreds of employees still working in this country. The head of the parent Corporation of Google Eric Schmidt repeatedly said that Google will never leave China because it is an inexhaustible source of truly valuable personnel, and to ignore it in any case impossible.
AI center, which will open its doors in Beijing, will work closely with other Google divisions around the world: in new York, Toronto, London and Zurich. The center already has a few dozen very talented developers and scientists, but according to the vacancies list – Google is still interested in searching for new employees. To date, still open for more than 20 vacancies. To compete, the company will have such Chinese giants like Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba, each of which is also interested in AI development.
“I believe that artificial intelligence will provide us with limitless possibilities. No matter where exactly happens next technological breakthrough in Silicon valley in Beijing. The important thing is that the AI will make people’s lives better. As for the leading company in this field is very important for us to achieve our main goal with joint efforts. And for that, we need to bring together the strongest researchers in this area”, — said the chief AI researcher at Google Cloud Dr. FEI-FEI Li.
Google was established in China, a laboratory for research in the field of AI
Sergey Grey