Google Cloud appoints Andrew Moore as new AI manager

Google Cloud announced today that Andrew Moore, Dean of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, will conduct his activities in the future. Moore takes over the role of Chief Scientist of Google Cloud AI from Dr. Fei-Fei Li, a professor at Stanford University who has held this position since 2016.

Moore, who announced his intention to leave Carnegie Mellon at the end of August, had been working at the university since 2000. He previously worked for Google from 2006 to 2014, when he helped establish the center. Google search. a Google Cloud ticket by CEO Diane Greene.

Upon returning to Stanford University, Li will continue to act as an advisor to Google Cloud, where she directs the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL), which explores a number of important research areas for research. Advancement of AI such as natural language processing. , computer vision, robotics and deep learning.

Above: Google Cloud's chief scientist, Fei-Fei Li (left) discusses the democratization of AI at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 13, 2018 with the former technical director of the White House, Megan Smith

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During his time at Google Cloud, a number of AI services were deployed and initiatives were launched, including the launch of AutoML to automate the creation of machine intelligence. Controversial work has also been conducted with the Department of Defense's Maven project to improve the recognition of drone objects. In June, Google announced its intention to terminate its contract with Maven, and CEO Sundar Pichai said Google would not use its technology to create autonomous weapons.

Li also advocated for AI that benefits humanity and founded AI4All, a non-profit organization aimed at connecting young people from the under-represented demography to AI with researchers universities and technology companies.