Intel yesterday announced a three-year strategic research and co-innovation collaboration with Mila, a Montreal-based artificial intelligence (AI) research institute. As part of this collaboration, more than 20 researchers from Intel and Mila will work on the development of advanced AI techniques to address global challenges such as climate change, the discovery of new materials, and digital biology. "Accelerating research and development of advanced AI to solve some of the world's most critical and challenging problems requires a responsible approach to AI, and the ability to scale computing technology," the partners said in a statement. "As leaders in computing and AI, and with alignment on being a positive, powerful agent of change in our world, Intel and Mila will be able to double down on projects started in 2021, add a third track and significantly increases the support to drive tangible results." "In the face of current global challenges, we must push for a culture of open science between academia and industry to successfully advance AI applications for the benefit of society," said Yoshua Bengio, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Mila.