Is China pulling ahead of the US in AI? Not quite, argues Dieter Ernst of CIGI in a recent report entitled "Competing in artificial intelligence chips: China's challenge amid technology war." In addition to the hard engineering, Ernst reveals a social story of a global AI community on the verge of fracture. These new restrictions will likely bring the best out of some Chinese firms, while putting others out to pasture. All the while, basic research is likely to suffer worldwide as ties that bound the Chinese and western academic communities fray.

The Global AI bootcamp is a free one-day event organized by local communities all over the world that are passionate about Artificial Intelligence on the Microsoft stack. The next event takes place on the 14th of December 2019 on venues all over the world centrally organized by our HQ in the Netherlands, supported by Microsoft. The event is the perfect balance between quality content, awesome lectures, getting your hands dirty and learn & share with other community members. With the latest Teams as addition to the Microsoft Collaboration sphere it has become easier to work with bots. We already know that bot's are the way to go.

The Global AI bootcamp is a free one-day event organized by local communities all over the world that are passionate about Artificial Intelligence on the Microsoft stack. The event takes place on the 14th of December on venues all over the world and as well as in Colombo supported by Microsoft. The event is the perfect balance between quality content, awesome lectures, getting your hands dirty and learn & share with other community members. Dive in and learn how to implement intelligence into your solutions with the Microsoft AI platform, including pre-trained AI services like Cognitive Services and Bot Framework, as well as deep learning tools like Azure Machine Learning, Visual Studio Code Tools for AI, and Cognitive Toolkit. During this AI bootcamp you will get inspired through sessions and get your hands dirty during the workshops.

Andrew Ng is leaving Baidu after three years as it chief scientist in what is expected to be a huge setback for the Chinese tech group's artificial intelligence efforts. The departure is the second instance of a high-profile foreign hire leaving a Chinese company this year. Ng announced on Wednesday that he will be leaving the firm in April via a post on Medium. The departure could prove a significant blow to Baidu which is increasingly focused on AI. Earlier this year CEO Robin Li described the technology as the search giant's "key strategic focus for the next decade". The firm also scrapped its medical department to focus further on AI last month.

Andrew Ng is leaving Baidu after three years as it chief scientist in what is expected to be a huge setback for the Chinese tech group's artificial intelligence efforts. The departure is the second instance of a high-profile foreign hire leaving a Chinese company this year. Ng announced on Wednesday that he will be leaving the firm in April via a post on Medium. The departure could prove a significant blow to Baidu which is increasingly focused on AI. Earlier this year CEO Robin Li described the technology as the search giant's "key strategic focus for the next decade". The firm also scrapped its medical department to focus further on AI last month.

As the founding lead of the Google Brain project, and more recently through my role at Baidu, I have played a role in the transformation of two leading technology companies into "AI companies." But AI's potential is far bigger than its impact on technology companies. I will continue my work to shepherd in this important societal change. In addition to transforming large companies to use AI, there are also rich opportunities for entrepreneurship as well as further AI research. I want all of us to have self-driving cars; conversational computers that we can talk to naturally; and healthcare robots that understand what ails us.

Artificial intelligence (AI) expert Andrew Ng has announced that he is resigning from his role as chief scientist at Chinese search engine giant Baidu after nearly three years in the job. Ng, who announced his departure in a blog post on Wednesday, does not currently have another job lined up, although he's likely to be in high demand. "I will be resigning from Baidu, where I have been leading the company's AI Group," wrote Ng in the Medium blog post. "After Baidu, I am excited to continue working toward the AI transformation of our society and the use of AI to make life better for everyone." Along with the likes of DeepMind, Google, Microsoft and Facebook, Baidu is often seen as one of the world leaders when it comes to AI research.

I will be resigning from Baidu, where I have been leading the company's AI Group. Baidu's AI is incredibly strong, and the team is stacked up and down with talent; I am confident AI at Baidu will continue to flourish. After Baidu, I am excited to continue working toward the AI transformation of our society and the use of AI to make life better for everyone. I joined Baidu in 2014 to work on AI. Since then, Baidu's AI group has grown to roughly 1,300 people, which includes the 300-person Baidu Research.