Google, the U.S. web-search leader, has deemed AI research one of its own top priorities and spent $400 million in January to acquire a major British AI firm. <\/p>\n
A former Stanford University computer science professor, Ng co-founded Coursera, an online learning start-up, after he left Google. <\/p>\n
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On Friday Baidu Chief Executive Robin Li hailed Ng as the \"ideal individual to lead our research efforts as we enter an era where AI plays an increasingly pronounced role.\" <\/p>\n
Baidu is just one of several Chinese Internet companies that have ramped up their hiring and acquisitions in Silicon Valley to compete toe-to-toe with the U.S. technology leaders. <\/p>\n
Ng's project at Google attracted international attention in 2012 when its \"neural network\" of 16,000 computers, nicknamed the Google Brain, taught itself how to spot a cat after processing thousands of images of cats. Ng said his algorithms were based on theories of how the human brain learns. <\/p>\n
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