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Announcing new Microsoft AI Hub in London - The Official Microsoft Blog

Apr 08, 2024 - news.bensbites.com
Microsoft has announced the establishment of a new AI hub, Microsoft AI London, to advance its consumer AI products and research, including Copilot. The hub will focus on developing state-of-the-art language models and their supporting infrastructure, and creating world-class tooling for foundation models. The hub will be led by AI scientist and engineer, Jordan Hoffmann, and will be staffed by a team based in Microsoft's London Paddington office. Microsoft AI plans to make a significant, long-term investment in the U.K., hiring top AI scientists and engineers.

The creation of the Microsoft AI London hub is part of Microsoft's larger commitment to the U.K., which includes a £2.5 billion investment to upskill the U.K. workforce for the AI era and to build the infrastructure to power the AI economy. This includes a commitment to bring 20,000 of the most advanced GPUs to the country by 2026. The new hub will work closely with Microsoft's existing presence in the U.K., including the Microsoft Research Cambridge lab.

Key takeaways:

  • Microsoft AI is opening a new AI hub in the heart of London, which will focus on advancing language models and creating world-class tooling for foundation models.
  • The new AI hub will be led by Jordan Hoffmann, a distinguished AI scientist and engineer who previously worked at Inflection and DeepMind.
  • Microsoft AI plans to make a significant, long-term investment in the U.K., hiring the best AI scientists and engineers into this new AI hub.
  • The Microsoft AI London hub adds to Microsoft’s existing presence in the U.K., and is part of a £2.5 billion investment to upskill the U.K. workforce for the AI era and to build the infrastructure to power the AI economy.
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