Artificial Intelligence Jobs Exploding In NYC, Samsung Opens New Office

The number of job postings featuring "artificial intelligence" or "machine learning" in their description has doubled since 2015, according to global jobs website Indeed.com and New York is becoming the capital for jobs related to artificial intelligence or A.I. Samsung just announced the opening of an A.I research center in NYC. Serkan Piantino who works with Facbook, started his own company called Spell Inc. and explained to Crain's New York what his goal is. "AI tools can be built for anyone, not just computer engineers", is the concept behind his startup. Facebook itself has an A.I research center in New York City which employees over 1000. They are researching how to improve MRI's with NYU researchers.