Google picks up two Oxford University startups for AI talent

Dan Worth
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Google boosts ranks of experts as it focuses on image recognition and natural language understanding

Google has bought two Oxford University artificial intelligence (AI) startups focused on image recognition and natural language understanding as the firm looks to boost its expertise in these areas...

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