Shanghai: Chinese tech giant Alibaba has removed a quantum computing lab and team from its research arm and donated both the lab and related experimental equipment to Zhejiang University, the company said on Monday.
A spokesperson for Alibaba’s DAMO Academy, Alibaba’s in-house research initiative that also includes the laboratory, said the academy will continue to focus on technology research with the aim of being a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) research.
Earlier, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters that the lab and its 30 employees represent a small portion of Alibaba’s overall R&D team.
Zhejiang University will try to recruit affected employees to work on its own quantum research, the source said.
DAMO Academy was launched in 2017 alibaba group Researching advanced technologies like AI and machine learning.
The closure of the lab is the latest internal change at Alibaba, which said in March it would split its business into six units and spin off its cloud division.
That spin-off was spun off this month, and new CEO Eddie Wu said alibaba business They will face the market more independently and they will conduct strategic reviews to distinguish between “core” and “non-core” businesses.
A spokesperson for Alibaba’s DAMO Academy, Alibaba’s in-house research initiative that also includes the laboratory, said the academy will continue to focus on technology research with the aim of being a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) research.
Earlier, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters that the lab and its 30 employees represent a small portion of Alibaba’s overall R&D team.
Zhejiang University will try to recruit affected employees to work on its own quantum research, the source said.
DAMO Academy was launched in 2017 alibaba group Researching advanced technologies like AI and machine learning.
The closure of the lab is the latest internal change at Alibaba, which said in March it would split its business into six units and spin off its cloud division.
That spin-off was spun off this month, and new CEO Eddie Wu said alibaba business They will face the market more independently and they will conduct strategic reviews to distinguish between “core” and “non-core” businesses.
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