Microsoft announced its AI R&D hub last January. TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Technology giant Microsoft is cooperating with three universities in Taiwan to speed up the training of talent in Artificial Intelligence (AI), reports said Thursday. As AI develops rapidly, there is an increasing shortage in staff able to meet the demand from business, the Liberty Times reported. As a result, Microsoft is signing agreements with three universities to help remedy the problem. While at the beginning of the year, the United States company set up an AI research and development hub in Taiwan, on Wednesday, it announced a training cooperation plan with Asia University in Taichung City.