Weeks after hiring Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, the newly formed Microsoft AI division is opening a hub in London.
"There is an enormous pool of AI talent and expertise in the UK, and Microsoft AI plans to make a significant, long-term investment in the region as we begin hiring the best AI scientists and engineers into this new AI hub," says Suleyman.
London hub will "drive pioneering work to advance state-of-the-art language models" and create world-class tools for the foundation models, collaborating closely with AI teams across Microsoft and partners including OpenAI.
According to Microsoft's blog post, the new AI hub will be led by Jordan Hoffmann. Prior to joining Microsoft AI, Hoffmann distinguished himself as an AI pioneer at Inflection and DeepMind, based in London.
Hoffmann will be joined by a talented group of team members based company's London Paddington office.
Company says there is an enormous pool of AI talent and expertise in the U.K. and Microsoft AI plans to make a significant, long-term investment in the region as we begin hiring the best AI scientists and engineers into this new AI hub.
