U.S. tech giant Microsoft eyes large pool of outstanding Taiwanese software talent
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/11
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Microsoft has announced it will recruit 200 people for its new
(By Central News Agency)
artificial intelligence (AI) research and development center to be based in Taipei City in the next five years.
The Redmond-based tech firm revealed the plan on Wednesday, saying the R&D center will focus on AI technology research and its applications, including Chinese handwriting with SwiftyKey, user intention recognition, and AI-infused vertical applications, with an aim to hammer out a local AI ecosystem at full speed.
President of Microsoft Taiwan Sun Chi-kang (孫基康) told local media that the company will invest NT$1 billion (US$33.57 million) to build an AI R&D center in its Taipei office in Xinyi District, which marks another milestone following the launch of its Internet-of-Things (IoT) R&D Center in 2016. Both projects can serve to speed up innovation and transformation of local businesses, Sun said. [FULL STORY]