Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson on Thursday announced the launch of its "global artificial intelligence accelerator" in Montreal, where other tech heavyweights like Google, Facebook and Microsoft have invested in AI research and development. "Maturing AI capabilities will have a significant impact on 5G and existing networks' automation and evolution," said the head of Ericsson Canada, Graham Osborne. Canada's second-largest city is hoping to become a major hub for AI research, building on the expertise of globally-recognised local experts like Yoshua Bengio. "The leadership shown by governments in Canada has helped create a robust Montreal AI ecosystem with world-class talent from which we can recruit," said Osborne. And then later in 2017, Facebook set up its second AI lab outside the United States in Montreal.

Source: The Star May 03, 2019 12:00 UTC