Google AI top scientist calls China an 'important country' for AI

People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Google logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014. BEIJING - "China is a rising country of AI work and research," said Fei-Fei Li, chief scientist of artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google Cloud, calling for enhanced AI cooperation between major countries. Li made the remarks in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua at Google's Beijing office. Just last week, Li announced that Google would launch a new AI research center in Beijing, as part of its AI First strategy. When asked what prompted Google to make the decision to open its center in the Chinese capital, Li said: "We all recognize the importance of China because of its talent, because of the incredible creativity and innovation that are already going on here."