The Gentleman Magazine Issue 10 | August 2018 | Page 78
LG SET TO DEFINE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AT NEW NORTH AMERICAN AI RESEARCH LABS
Global innovator LG Electronics Inc. (LG) is poised to define
the future of artificial intelligence (AI) for consumers and
businesses in the years ahead with the establishment of a major
new AI research presence in North America in collaboration
with leaders in academia and start-ups. 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.
This week marks the launch of the new LG Electronics
AI Research Lab in Canada, an extension of the newly
expanded LG Silicon Valley AI Lab in Santa Clara, California.
Supporting LG’s vision of AI as a key future growth engine,
the North American labs further enhance LG’s global research
capabilities, which include AI labs in South Korea, India and
Russia. University of Toronto President Meric Gertler views LG as
an exciting new partner for AI research. “The University of
Toronto looks forward to partnering with an innovative global
company like LG as our researchers continue to advance the
boundaries of artifi-cial intelligence. The presence of such
leading, multi-national firms in our innovation ecosystem
strengthens opportunities for our faculty, students and start-
up companies across a whole range of disciplines.”
In addition, LG is entering into a new research partnership
with the University of Toronto, which is recognized worldwide
for its AI and machine learning expertise, particularly in the
area of deep learning.
“AI will ultimately touch everybody’s lives, transforming the
way we live, work and play,” said LG Electronics President and
Chief Technology Officer Dr. I.P. Park. “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.” He said the North American labs and LG’s
research partnership with the University of Toronto will play a
key role in developing source technologies defining that future.
Under its five-year, multi-million-dollar research partnership
with the University of Toronto, LG will build on its Open
Platform-Open Partnership-Open Connectivity strategy to
expand the AI ecosystem.
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Echoing President Gertler’s views, Dr. Park said, “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.” He went on to explain the three main pillars of
LG’s AI strategy:
“The first is the ability to evolve with time, so the more you
use our products, the better they