December 10th, 2018
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Nature: Europe’s AI researchers launch professional body over fears of falling behind

Universities on the continent are rapidly losing talent to industry in the United States and China, say scientists behind the initiative.

Some of Europe’s top machine-learning researchers have founded an organization to strengthen capacity in artificial intelligence (AI) technology on the continent. The need for such an organization was first described in an open letter written by almost 200 researchers and published in April. The letter warned that investment and expertise in AI technology in Europe is falling behind those in North America and China.

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