Facebook Sets Up AI Team in Tel Aviv

Facebook has set up a new artificial intelligence team that will work out of its Tel Aviv research and development center, the company announced Tuesday.

Called Data.AI, the 10-person team will focus on machine learning algorithms that can improve the company’s internal interface and create new tools for data analysis, the company said in a statement. The team will work to make Facebook’s infrastructure smarter and capable of learning from previous experience in order to help engineers solve problems, predict future events and issues, and reach relevant data more quickly.

Facebook employs over 200 people in its Tel Aviv R&D center, the company said.