One-third of AI and machine learning specialists who left the UK's top universities are working at Silicon Valley, according to research by the Telegraph. The study found that a quarter of those leaving UK institutions in 2016 were from outside Europe, with most coming from China, India or South Africa. The latest research comes just months after the Government launched its £1bn sector deal for AI, in which it pledged, among other things, to invest £17m to fund artificial intelligence development in British universities, in a bid to “seize the £232bn opportunity AI offers the UK economy by 2030”. The figures came after the UK government launched a £1bn ($1.3bn) initiative for AI including £17m for AI development in universities. However, US technology giants such as Facebook, Google and Apple invested between $20bn and $30bn in AI in 2016.
One-third of AI and machine learning specialists who left the UK's top universities are working at Silicon Valley, according to research by the Telegraph. The study found that a quarter of those leaving UK institutions in 2016 were from outside Europe, with most coming from China, India or South Africa. The figures came after the UK government launched a £1bn ($1.3bn) initiative for AI including £17m for AI development in universities. However, US technology giants such as Facebook, Google and Apple invested between $20bn and $30bn in AI in 2016.