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Megvii Chief Scientist Sun Jian dies. Leaves behind notable AI innovations on 2 continents

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A bright mind in AI and biometrics, Megvii innovator Sun Jian has died aged 45 after a sudden illness. No more information has been released about Jian's final days. Sun had researched computer vision and computational photography for 13 years at Microsoft, leaving in 2016 for Megvii, then an AI and facial recognition startup. He became that firm's chief scientist and managing director of research, according to the South China Morning Post. At Megvii, Sun managed the development of Brain, which became the company's core AI productivity platform.

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