Hal Barron, GSK R&D chief

Build­ing up its AI op­er­a­tions, GSK opens a $13M Lon­don hub with plans to woo tal­ent now trekking to Sil­i­con Val­ley

Con­tin­u­ing its ef­forts to ramp up glob­al AI op­er­a­tions, Glax­o­SmithK­line has opened a £10 mil­lion ($13 mil­lion-plus) re­search base in Kings Cross, Lon­don.

The AI hotspot is al­ready home to Google’s Deep­Mind, and the Fran­cis Crick and Alan Tur­ing re­search in­sti­tutes. GSK said it hopes to “tap in­to the huge Lon­don tech tal­ent pool” and at­tract can­di­dates who might oth­er­wise head to Sil­i­con Val­ley.

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