The same day that Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella was outlining the company’s plans for artificial intelligence, Chinese tech giant Baidu announced it had poached one of the US firm’s former leading AI researchers. Industry veteran Qi Lu was previously in charge of Microsoft’s applications and services unit and helped to orchestrate the firm’s push into AI and bots before a bicycle accident led to his early exit from the company last September. Now, Lu is moving to Baidu where he’ll become the company’s new chief operating officer, overseeing all parts of the business as the search giant pushes further into AI.
“To achieve our goals, especially in artificial intelligence, which is a key strategic focus for the next decade, we will need to...
via The Verge
