Samsung Will Open AI Research Center in Cambridge, England

  • Company says it will hire up to 150 AI experts for new lab
  • Move may exacerbate fears of a brain drain for academia

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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the Korean-based electronics giant, will open a new artificial-intelligence center in Cambridge, England, as the company seeks to benefit from cutting-edge academic research into the technology.

Andrew Blake, a pioneering researcher in the development of systems that enable computers to interpret visual data, and a former director of Microsoft Corp.’s Cambridge Research Lab, will head the new Samsung AI center, the company said Tuesday.