Facebook formed a team of eight people back in September in order to carry out research in artificial intelligence.  Now the company  is reportedly moving forward with a new research laboratory intended to “bring about major changes in artificial intelligence”.

Facebook is seeking intelligence. Artificial intelligence, that is. The company is reportedly moving forward with a new research laboratory intended to “bring about major changes in artificial intelligence.” Yann LeCun, a New York University professor of computer and neural sciences, posted about the new laboratory on Facebook and Google+.