Microsoft has announced plans to double the size of its artificial intelligence research and development group in Montreal in the next two years , following its recent acquisition of Maluuba , a Montreal - based research - oriented start - up focused on deep learning . Facebook hired another luminary, Yann LeCun, to run its AI research lab in 2013, and Google picked up a different one, Geoff Hinton, through the 2013 acquisition of DNNresearch. The group will work with Yoshua Bengio , a deep learning luminary who also has connections with Google . In addition to Microsoft 's expansion in Montreal , it will donate £1 m ( $ 4.56 m ) to the University of Montreal and CAD$1 m to McGill University to pay for AI research .
Microsoft has announced plans to double the size of its artificial intelligence research and development group in Montreal in the next two years , following its recent acquisition of Maluuba , a Montreal - based research - oriented start - up focused on deep learning . The group will work with Yoshua Bengio , a deep learning luminary who also has connections with Google . In addition to Microsoft 's expansion in Montreal , it will donate £1 m ( $ 4.56 m ) to the University of Montreal and CAD$1 m to McGill University to pay for AI research .