微軟押注英國人工智慧中心，計畫長期投資

Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) arm is making a long-term bet on the United Kingdom as it launches its new AI hub in London. 

微軟的人工智慧 (AI) 部門正在對英國進行長期押注，因為它在倫敦推出了新的人工智慧中心。

In a blog post, Microsoft AI executive vice president and CEO Mustafa Suleyman said the company plans to invest long-term in the region. He wrote:

微軟人工智慧執行副總裁兼執行長 Mustafa Suleyman 在部落格文章中表示，該公司計劃在該地區進行長期投資。他寫了：

“There is an enormous pool of AI talent and expertise in the U.K., and Microsoft AI plans to make a significant, long-term investment in the region as we begin hiring the best AI scientists and engineers into this new AI hub.”

The executive said the company will actively hire “passionate innovators” who want to contribute to their goals in the coming weeks and months. Suleyman said these individuals will work on the “most interesting and challenging AI questions” of our time.

「英國擁有大量的人工智慧人才和專業知識，隨著我們開始聘請最優秀的人工智慧科學家和工程師進入這個新的人工智慧中心，微軟人工智慧計劃在該地區進行重大的長期投資。」這位高階主管表示該公司將積極聘請“充滿熱情的創新者”，他們希望在未來幾週和幾個月內為自己的目標做出貢獻。蘇萊曼表示，這些人將致力於解決我們這個時代「最有趣和最具挑戰性的人工智慧問題」。

On March 19, Microsoft AI hired Suleyman to lead its AI initiatives as its CEO and executive vice president. Suleyman co-founded the artificial intelligence startup DeepMind, which Google acquired in 2014.

3 月 19 日，微軟 AI 聘請 Suleyman 擔任執行長兼執行副總裁，領導其人工智慧專案。 Suleyman 是人工智慧新創公司 DeepMind 的共同創辦人，該公司於 2014 年被Google收購。

Suleyman’s statements came as he announced the creation of an AI hub in the United Kingdom. The hub’s goal is to advance AI language models and their infrastructure.

蘇萊曼發表此番言論之際，他宣佈在英國創立人工智慧中心。該中心的目標是推進人工智慧語言模型及其基礎設施。

In addition, it would also create tooling for foundation models and collaborate with their AI teams across the globe and its partners like OpenAI.

此外，它還將為基礎模型創建工具，並與全球的人工智慧團隊以及 OpenAI 等合作夥伴進行協作。

Community members met the move with enthusiasm. On X, Neil Cameron described the development as a “huge win for the ecosystem” in the United Kingdom.

社區成員熱情地迎接了這項舉措。在 X 上，尼爾·卡梅倫 (Neil Cameron) 將這一發展描述為英國「生態系統的巨大勝利」。

Tom Tugendhat, a member of the U.K. parliament, said that it’s a vote of confidence in the U.K. as a global hub for AI.

資料來源：Tom Tugendhat 英國國會議員 Tom Tugendhat 表示，這是對英國作為全球人工智慧中心的信任投票。

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United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has shown positive interest in AI and sees it as one of the pieces that would contribute to his legacy. On Oct. 26, 2023, Sunak delivered a speech expressing his belief in the potential of AI technology. He said:

英國首相里希·蘇納克對人工智慧表現出了積極的興趣，並將其視為對他的遺產做出貢獻的作品之一。 2023年10月26日，蘇納克發表演講，表達了他對人工智慧技術潛力的信念。他說：

“I genuinely believe that technologies like AI will bring a transformation as far-reaching as the industrial revolution, the coming of electricity, or the birth of the internet.”

Apart from the U.K., Canada is also getting a boost to its AI sector. On April 7, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a $1.76 billion budget to boost the country’s AI sector and maintain its competitiveness on the global stage.

「我真誠地相信，像人工智慧這樣的技術將帶來像工業革命、電力的到來或互聯網的誕生一樣深遠的變革。」 除了英國之外，加拿大的人工智慧產業也得到了推動。 4 月 7 日，加拿大總理賈斯汀·杜魯道公佈了 17.6 億美元的預算，以推動該國人工智慧產業發展並保持其在全球舞台上的競爭力。

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