The Big Apple is the latest city to be graced with a Samsung AI centre as part of the South Korean giant’s international push.
Samsung’s New York AI centre will be led by Sebastian Seung, Executive Vice President of Samsung Research.
Each of Samsung’s AI centres focuses on different areas of research. The New York branch will be researching the important field of AI in robotics.
Hyun-suk Kim, President and Head of Samsung Research, said:
“What we need now is to focus on creating new values that make people’s lives easier and more convenient by harnessing the power of AI in Samsung’s products and services.
To do this, our Global AI Centers, including the New York AI Center, must play a pivotal role.”
Considering the use of Samsung’s technologies for industries such as manufacturing, AI-powered robotics will be an important part of the company’s future business. Expect plenty of Samsung’s resources to be allocated here to see off competition.
The latest AI centre opening is part of Samsung’s grand plan to employ ~1000 AI specialists by 2020.
Samsung has already opened AI centres in different locations around the world including Korea, the UK, France, Russia, Canada, and Silicon Valley.
Back in March, AI News reported of Samsung’s plans to open an AI centre in France.
“Great progress on artificial intelligence is happening in France,” President Macron said in a Twitter message. “Samsung chooses France to locate its new research centre on artificial intelligence, creating more than 100 jobs.”
However, some experts believe strict EU regulations will stunt the development of AI in Europe.
Our sister publication IoT News reported back in May about Samsung’s opening of a huge AI centre in the UK.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May commented:
“Samsung will create high-paying, high-skilled jobs and our modern industrial strategy will encourage further investment like this all around the country.
It is a vote of confidence in the UK as a world leader in artificial intelligence, and the new AI research centre will benefit from the world-renowned talent and academic prowess of Cambridge.”
The UK has become something of a hotbed for AI talent due to its leading universities and companies such as Google-acquired DeepMind. Significant funding has also been allocated for continued development, highlighting the importance of AI for the future economy.
Samsung’s UK centre is being led by Andrew Blake, an esteemed AI researcher and ex-director of Microsoft’s Cambridge Laboratory.
Blake comments: “Our research will help us to better understand human behaviour while exploring areas like emotion recognition, and further expand the boundaries of user-centric communication to develop AI technologies that ultimately improve people’s lives.”
All of Samsung’s AI centres around the globe will cooperate to advance the company’s goals to lead in the field.
“Samsung has a long history of pursuing innovation and we are excited to be bringing that same passion and technology leadership to AI,” said Hyun-suk Kim. “With the new AI centres and recruitment of leading experts in the field, our aim is to be a game-changer for the AI industry.”
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