Amherst, N.Y. (WBEN) - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul made a pair of announcements on Friday at the University at Buffalo's North Campus, establishing Buffalo as New York State's hub for artificial intelligence (AI) development.
The Governor announced Friday that UB will be home to a new supercomputer that will power the state's continued advancements in AI. UB is just one of multiple universities involved in the state's Empire AI Consortium.
"AI can help us diagnose and cure cancer... and help us in our everyday lives," said Gov. Hochul on Friday. "It is going to be the single most consequential technological and commercial advancement since the invention of the internet."
The Governor also announced that Tesla is committing $500 million to build their next super computer in Buffalo.
"This is going to continue, this cycle of possibility," Hochul said before comparing Buffalo now to Silicon Valley in the '60s.
"It took two decades, and all of a sudden they became known as the place that people wanted to go. The young brilliant minds all wanted to go to Silicon Valley and be the next innovator. That place, my friends, is now New York State... and we're planting those seeds right here," Hochul said.
