Microsoft launches the Cortana Intelligence Institute to advance AI - SiliconANGLE

The company on Thursday announced the establishment of the Cortana Intelligence Institute, a collaboration with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology focused on broadening the capabilities of its virtual assistant. RMIT, as the university is most commonly known, is Australia's largest by enrollment. Researchers from the school will work with Microsoft personnel to apply AI to new tasks that currently can't be handled by neural networks.