Element AI opens London office to focus on building ethical AI

Montreal-based Element AI has expanded to London, UK. Dr. Julien Cornebise, a former DeepMind scientist, will lead the lab as director of research. Cornebiese was an early employee of Deepmind before it was acquired by Google in 2012. He created and led the Health Applied Research Team, and has been working with Amnesty International since he left DeepMind in 2016. The company says that it's focusing on'AI for good' through this office, while also expanding its network of researchers, scientists, and the private and public sector.