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MIT and IBM Lab partnership launches 48 projects to tackle AI challenges — Forbes

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Today, the lab has 100 AI scientists that include 60 from MIT and 40 from IBM and resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Within a year, the lab has received 186 proposals from 23 departments and centers, writes Maribel Lopez.

Here is the link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maribellopez/2018/09/26/mit-and-ibm-lab-partnership-launches-48-projects-to-tackle-ai-challenges/#74160b8f97d2

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