Microsoft announced a new division to artificial intelligence

Microsoft recently announced its decision to form a new division called AI and Research Group that would be specifically focused on the expansion of AI efforts and the continuation of the company's investment in new technology.
New internal changes expected to develop the AI efforts

Microsoft Research will transition to the new group and all its engineers, and the new team will be headed by Harry Shum, who is currently the executive vice president of technology and research at the company. Microsoft said in a press release that the new division will also include information Platform Group company, Bing and Cortana groups of products, plus Ambient Computing and Robotics teams and about 5,000 engineers will be part of the combined efforts of the AI. "AI is changing the supply chain of research in computer science and blurring the lines between research and product. The End-to-end AI innovation will not come from isolated research laboratories alone, but the combination of all workloads with deep technological advances in algorithms, systems and experience in production scale, " Harry Shum explained. "The new group will provide greater opportunity to accelerate our innovation in AI, and allow Microsoft to create truly intelligent systems and products for our customers. I believe we have some of the best talents AI on the planet, and we will continue to attract even more ".

5,000 employees are working on artificial intelligence

Shum has promised to continue all efforts AI open to Microsoft explaining that the goal is to enable people and organizations to solve "the most pressing challenges" of the world, and the combination of several teams will help the company achieve more using all of its products. Undoubtedly, this is an important step towards a more focused approach to AI, and Microsoft clearly demonstrates its commitment to invest in new technologies in a time when more companies to expand their efforts in AI too. This is part of the transformation of CEO Satya Nadella Microsoft, so expect him to praise the new direction of the company in a press release and internal emails soon.