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It is kind of interesting, given that Princeton's not really at the top in AI (but it would be difficult to be, because they're so tiny--departments like Berkeley have a huge number of AI faculty).

But, at the same time, Google already has connections with Princeton, both through these individual profs and through the NY Tech campus (they shared an office with Google before moving to Roosevelt Island).

It is kind of interesting in the trend of professors being more connected with industry and spending time actually working at tech companies. It's both interesting from the perspective of engagement (profs can work on real problems) and frightening from the prospective of independence--the companies will inevitably sway which problems profs work on, and of course their students won't enjoy their advisors' attention being scattered elsewhere.