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The AI SuperConnector brings together complementary AI innovation expertise at Imperial, York, Leeds and Liverpool universities. Imperial is leading a new accelerator project that will help early career researchers in artificial intelligence (AI) turn their work into startup companies. Starting in January 2024, the AI SuperConnector will provide a broad training in innovation and entrepreneurship, while addressing the unique challenges inherent in this fast-moving area of science.
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Alphabet-owned YouTube is the only serious competitor and its focus on videos puts it in a very different sector to Facebook’s social media platforms and messaging services. With this in mind, there is an argument that Facebook has a monopoly over social media in the West. There are competitors in the market, but they do not boast the user numbers or the power to attract the same level of marketing dollars as Facebook. For example, Snapchat has 498 million users while Twitter has less than 200 million monetizable users.
Notably, many of the businesses Facebook acquired, particularly in its earlier years, were closed with the talent and technology being integrated into Facebook, while some rival social media sites were bought and shut down.