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Andrew Moore to head Google Cloud AI; Fei-Fei Li transitioning to advisory role

By TechTaffy Desk

Dr. Andrew Moore, Dean of the School of Computer Science at CMU, will be joining Google Cloud to head up Google Cloud AI at the end of 2018. Dr. Moore would be advising the company in the meantime. Diane Greene, CEO of Google Cloud made the announcement in a blog post.

Dr. Fei-Fei Li, who was leading the company’s AI initiatives, will be returning to her professorship at Stanford, says Ms. Greene. Dr. Lei will transition to being an AI/ML Advisor for Google Cloud.

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