Facebook is opening another AI research lab as it looks to expand its artificial intelligence capabilities. The company's fourth dedicated AI lab is following the footsteps of Google and Microsoft by being located in Montreal, Canada. The lab, which will initially number just ten employees, plus interns, should rise to 30 in a couple of years, will be led by Joelle Pineau, an associate professor at Montreal’s McGill University. Pineau will keep her academic position. "I love that job, but there comes a time when you're up for a new challenge and finding out about a new way of doing…
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