
Microsoft announces AI hub in London to “advance state-of-the-art language models”
The Hindu
AI chief Mustafa Suleyman added that Microsoft would begin actively hiring new talent in the region to join its office.
Microsoft has announced plans to open an AI hub in the “heart of London” where it will work on language models while collaborating with other Microsoft teams, as well as partners such as OpenAI, said Mustafa Suleyman, EVP and CEO of Microsoft AI, in a blog post on Sunday.
The new AI hub’s leader will be scientist and engineer Jordan Hoffmann, who previously worked at Inflection and DeepMind.
Suleyman added that Microsoft would begin actively hiring new talent in the region to join its office.
“We’re looking for new team members who are driven by impact at scale, and who are passionate innovators eager to contribute to a team culture where continuous learning is the norm,” noted the post.
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The United Kingdom has been working to position itself as a prime location for AI innovation and research, but with a focus on reasonable regulation. On 1 and 2 November last year, the country held the world’s first global AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, where over 25 countries came together to discuss the risks of AI.
Suleyman also attended the event at the time.

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