Platform 37 and The AI Exchange: new spaces for AI innovation and discovery
Platform 37 and The AI Exchange: new spaces for AI innovation and discovery The UK is a center of extraordinary technological innovation with incredible talent and world-class institutions. Later this year, Google will build on this heritage by establishing our landmark King’s Cross building in London alongside a historic European railway hub. Today, we’re unveiling the building’s name, Platform 37, and plans for The AI Exchange, a new public space dedicated to deepening understanding of artificial intelligence. Platform 37: A hub for AI innovation The name is a nod to the building’s location next to King’s Cross station and to “Move 37,” a pivotal play made by DeepMind’s AI system AlphaGo in a now-legendary 2016 match against Go world champion Lee Sae Dol. Go is incredibly complex, with more possible board configurations than the number of atoms in the known…