LG Electronics has opened a new AI Research Lab in Canada soon after the opening of LG Silicon Valley AI Lab in Santa Clara, California. This will further enhance LG’s global research capabilities, which include AI labs in South Korea, India and Russia, said LG.
The company is entering into a new five-year, multi-million-dollar research partnership with the University of Toronto, which is recognised worldwide for its AI and machine learning expertise, particularly in the area of deep learning.
With this the company will build on its Open Platform-Open Partnership-Open Connectivity strategy to expand the AI ecosystem. The new lab will capitalize on the expertise of researchers at the University of Toronto who will now have the opportunity to work collaboratively with LG’s growing U.S. and Canadian AI R&D teams. Complementing this work, LG intends to collaborate with and invest in North American start-ups.
Commenting on the launch, LG Electronics President and Chief Technology Officer Dr. I.P. Park, said:
AI will ultimately touch everybody’s lives, transforming the way we live, work and play. Early implementations of AI in connected devices today are setting the stage for tomorrow’s smart cities, smart homes, smart businesses and smart devices, all with capabilities that no one has even dreamed of yet.
AI solutions based on deep learning will revolutionize how we interact with the world around us, in new seamless ways that use contextual data from things like biometrics, emotions, gestures and of course voice.