China has a new plan to create an army of AI researchers

A new school for machine learning hopes to churn out Chinese tech talent--and surprisingly, it's being helped by some of North America's finest AI minds. Background: China plans to become the world leader in AI by 2030. That feat will only be accomplished with a lot more AI talent. The news: Wired reports that Kai-Fu Lee, the former chief of Google's operations in China who now runs an investment firm focused on AI, just launched a school to train more Chinese AI talent. It could add close to a thousand new AI graduates every year, right from the start.