LG Electronics sets up AI division: Yonhap - The Mainichi

South Korean tech powerhouse LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it has set up two research centers to develop technologies related to artificial intelligence, Yonhap News Agency reported. One center will focus on developing AI and the other robotics, it said. The AI center will focus on developing technologies applicable to LG Electronics' home appliance lineup, smartphones and automobile parts, while the robotics center will focus on developing "core technologies of smart robotics," Yonhap reported. A division within the AI center "will be devoted to R&D for deep learning, a new area of AI research where a computer emulates the way the human brain creates patterns from data and processes them," the report said.