Mark Zuckerberg Lives Vicarious-ly With Investment In AI Company
Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg participated in a $40 million funding round in Vicarious, which describes itself as “a secretive artificial-intelligence company,” according to The Wall Street Journal’s Digits blog.
Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg participated in a $40 million funding round in Vicarious, which describes itself as “a secretive artificial-intelligence company,” according to The Wall Street Journal’s Digits blog.
Zuckerberg was joined by actor and tech investor Ashton Kutcher and Tesla Motors Co-Founder Elon Musk.
Zuckerberg spoke at length about artificial intelligence during Facebook’s fourth-quarter earnings call in January, and New York University deep-learning expert Yann LeCun joined the company last December as head of its AI lab.
A Facebook spokesperson told Digits Zuckerberg’s investment in Vicarious is personal, and did not indicate the potential use of Vicarious’ software by the social network.
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