28-Feb-18, Channel News Asia
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has opened its first joint research institute outside China, in Singapore, in a collaboration with Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
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The joint institute will explore technological breakthroughs and real-life artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in areas such as health, ageing and lifestyle.
Alibaba and NTU will commit a multimillion-dollar investment annually for an initial five years, and the institute will start with a pool of 50 researchers from both organisations.