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Uber launches AI division

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By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 06 Dec 2016
Uber AI Labs will be dedicated to cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
Uber AI Labs will be dedicated to cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

Uber has launched a new division called Uber AI Labs, which it says will be dedicated to cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

The launch of Uber AI Labs, to be based in San Francisco in the US, was announced by Uber's chief product officer Jeff Holden in a blog post.

The ride-hailing app's new division comes alongside an announcement that Uber has acquired AI research start-up, Geometric Intelligence, whose 15 members will form the initial core of the AI Labs team.

"In spite of notable wins with machine learning in recent years, we are still very much in the early innings of machine intelligence," Holden says.

"The formation of Uber AI Labs, to be directed by Geometric's Founding CEO Gary Marcus, represents Uber's commitment to advancing the state of the art, driven by our vision that moving people and things in the physical world can be radically faster, safer and accessible to all."

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