Microsoft Announces Microsoft Ai London, a New Hub for Its Consumer Ai Division Led by Former Inflection Ai and Deepmind Engineer Jordan Hoffmann
Microsoft has unveiled a new London hub for its recently launched consumer AI division, fronted by an AI scientist poached from Inflection AI.
TechCrunch 2:15 pm on April 11, 2024
Microsoft has announced a new London hub for its consumer AI division, to be led by Jordan Hoffmann, a former DeepMind and Inflection scientist. Hoffmann was poached from Inflection by Microsoft after it invested in the startup last year. He will be reporting directly to Mustafa Suleyman, founder of Inflection and now head of Microsoft's consumer AI division. The new unit will focus on developing language models and associated infrastructure. Microsoft is also investing 2.5 billion ($3.15 billion) in the U.K. over the next three years for AI research and training.
- Microsoft announces new London hub for consumer AI division
- Led by Jordan Hoffmann, former DeepMind and Inflection scientist
- Focus on developing language models and infrastructure
- Part of 2.5 billion ($3.15 billion) investment in U.K. AI over three years
- Microsoft poached Hoffmann from Inflection after investing last year
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