A look at Amazon's AI research centers in Germany, which employ hundreds of researchers, stirring concerns about an “internal brain drain” to foreign companies
US juggernaut is tapping German PhDs to crack some of the toughest problems in artificial intelligence — to the dismay of politicians. Tweets: @matthausk , @rikefranke , @carolinegreer , and @politicoeurope Tweets: Matthus Krzykowski / @matthausk : Imo the opposite is happening.There's +15 top notch AI departments here & their graduates still too often have to compromise on shitty corporate jobs that do not push their talents.Amazon (& others such as Lyft) picking them is a big net positive as often they to do startups next https://twitter.com/... Ulrike E Franke / @rikefranke : The fight for #AI talent is real. @JanoschDelcker reports from Germany where engineering firms and car companies have to compete with Amazon over AI researchers. https://www.politico.eu/... Caroline Greer / @carolinegreer : Amazon bets heavily on Germany for AI development. DE engineering & car companies are now competing for top talent. “At some point, there will be no more good computer scientists left at universities to train the next generation of developers for Amazon” https://www.politico.eu/... Politico Europe / @politicoeurope : Deep in the heart of Germany, a team of scientists is working to revolutionize how computers “learn,” making them more independent from human oversight and strengthening the hand of any country or company in possession of such next-generation AI tech https://www.politico.eu/...