Google to Open Beijing AI Center in Latest Expansion in China

Bloomberg View Columnist Adam Minter discusses Google’s prospects for success in the Chinese market.(Source: Bloomberg)
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Google is deepening its push into China as it seeks an edge in one of technology’s most competitive fields: artificial intelligence.

The Alphabet Inc. unit will announce the opening of a new Beijing research facility on Wednesday during its second annual developers conference in Shanghai, the company said. The Google AI China Center will have a small group of researchers supported by several hundred China-based engineers.