Peter Lee, former president of Microsoft Science, will join the Mercedes Formula 1 team as an artificial intelligence advisor. His missions will include using AI to solve physics problems related to the cars, breaking down organizational and data silos, building financial and predictive models, and advising the team on AI governance in the sport. Lee spent sixteen years at Microsoft, where he notably helped assess OpenAI’s GPT-4 before its public launch and led the InnerEye project for automating tumor contouring in radiation therapy. He was named by Time Magazine in 2024 among the one hundred most influential people in health and life sciences. His arrival will be via a one-year contract with an option for renewal, illustrating the growing competition of industries outside Silicon Valley to recruit AI experts.
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