Governor Houchul has announced that the University at Buffalo has been selected to host Empire AI, a state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence Center and at the same time announced Tesla will invest $500 million over the next five years to install a new Dojo supercomputer at its Riverbend Gigafactory to Power Autonomous Vehicles.
Empire AI is a consortium of public and private academic partners that will build and utilize a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence computing center that will be located at the University of Buffalo to facilitate innovation, responsible research and economic development. Over $400 million in public and private funding has been committed to create Empire AI, including up to $275 million in State grant and other funding.
The Governor directed the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) to issue a first-of-its-kind AI policy that establishes the principles and parameters by which state agencies can evaluate and adopt AI systems to better serve New Yorkers.
Governor Hochul also announced Tesla will install its $500 million Dojo supercomputer with the power to process millions of terabytes of data from Tesla’s electric vehicles in the Riverbend Gigafactory. That data will allow the company to improve the safety and engineering of its full self-driving and advanced driver assisted vehicles. Tesla’s decision was informed by New York’s reliable power supply, strong talent pipeline and availability of usable space for the project.