Samsung latest company to set up AI lab in Montreal

Montreal has added another major player to its roster of companies investing in artificial intelligence research.

Samsungconfirmed Monday it has opened a labat the Universit de Montral.

The laboratory, which has been open since August, is a collaboration with Yoshua Bengio, a computer science professor at the universityand an AI researcher.

It will focus on developing core algorithms for use in robotics, autonomous driving,translations, and voice and visual recognition.

In an interview,Bengio said the collaboration with Samsungdates back to 2014, butthere will now be a larger research team.

"It's another signal that Montreal is becoming a hub for artificial intelligence, not just at the university level but at the industry level," he said.

"I think there will probably be more announcements to come."

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Facebook,Googleand Microsofthavealso recently established AI research teams in the city.