Ministry of Science and ICT (Ministry of Science and ICT)
South Korea’s science ministry stated Tuesday it has opened a joint synthetic intelligence analysis lab in collaboration with New York College as a part of efforts to steer global-level AI analysis tasks.
The brand new World AI Frontier Lab at NYU goals to develop into a world AI joint analysis hub for researchers from South Korea and the US, in addition to many different international locations, in line with the Ministry of Science and ICT.
The lab might be co-led by two distinguished pc scientists — Cho Kyung-hyun and Yann LeCun — who’re each professors at NYU.
Cho is at present a board member of the South Korean AI startup Upstage, whereas LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Meta Platforms Inc., the operator of Fb and Instagram.
The science ministry has put aside 45 billion gained ($33.8 million) to fund the lab over the subsequent 5 years, and NYU plans to contribute $31.5 million.
On the lab, specialists from Seoul and Washington will give attention to elementary analysis in AI, and examine belief and accountable AI, in addition to AI for medical and well being care, in line with the ministry.
“It is a essential second of change for the AI partnership between South Korea and the US,” Science Minister Yoo Sang-im stated through the lab’s opening ceremony in New York, calling for additional growth of the bilateral partnership in science and know-how. (Yonhap)
