The outlined proposals got a lift from a series of related corporate announcements, including plans by Google’s DeepMind and Samsung for new Paris labs andFujitsu’s expansion of its existing Paris research center. The news follows announcements from Google and Facebookearlier this year of increased investments in their Paris-based AI labs.
Source: venturebeat.com
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