Platform 37: Google’s New AI Innovation Space in London

Today, we’re unveiling the name of Google’s landmark King’s Cross building in London, Platform 37, and plans for The AI Exchange, a new public space dedicated to deepening understanding of artificial intelligence. The name is a nod to the building’s location next to Kings Cross station—and to ‘Move 37’, a pivotal play made by DeepMind’s AI system AlphaGo in a now legendary 2016 match against Go world champion Lee Sae Dol. Go is incredibly complex, with more possible board configurations than the number of atoms in the known universe, and has long been a proving ground for AI research. Platf…