Baidu scientist who led Al push says he’ll quit

Internet giant Baidu Inc chief scientist Andrew Ng said on Wednesday he will resign from the Chinese search engine company after three years of leading rtificial intelligence ( AI) and augAR) projects. its drive into ar mented reality ( A

Ng, who announced his departure in a blog post on online publishing platform Medium, did not say where he would work next, but said he would continue to be in search in AI.

“As the principal architect of Baidu’s AI stratd egy, I am proud to have led the incredible rise of AI within the company,” he said in the post. “I will continue my work to shepherd in this important societal change.”

About 1,300 AI researchers report to Ng at Baibs A du’s research lab according to Financial Times.

His resignation comes as Baidu focuses on cutnology ting- edge techno shrinking profits mer top Microsofoft executive, Qi Lu, to oversee the shift to AI.

Baidu last mo onth reported a second straight drop in quarterly reve enue, hurt by a government crack down on healthc

The company mer Stanford U sor and founder He also co- fou Coursera. In Janlearning company nuary, Baidu opened an AR Beijing that was led by Ng.