Surprising news - Andrew Ng, chief data scientist at Baidu, today announced that he will be leaving the company.

“Baidu’s AI is incredibly strong, and the team is stacked up and down with talent; I am confident AI at Baidu will continue to flourish,” Ng wrote in a Medium post. “After Baidu, I am excited to continue working toward the AI transformation of our society and the use of AI to make life better for everyone.”

It’s not clear who at Baidu will take Ng’s title of chief scientist.

http://venturebeat.com/2017/03/21/baidu-chief-scientist-andrew-ng-is-stepping-down-haifeng-wang-will-lead-expanded-ai-group/