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Microsoft science president Peter Lee plans to join Mercedes F1 as AI adviser
Peter Lee plans to leave Microsoft for Mercedes’ Formula 1 team in a newly created AI adviser role.
Lee has led Microsoft Science and worked at the company for more than 16 years.
His move brings a senior AI researcher into a racing team, as industries beyond technology compete for AI expertise.
At Mercedes, he will use AI to address problems involving the car, data and team decisions.
He also plans to help develop financial and predictive models and advise on how Formula 1 regulators might govern AI.
Lee has a long-standing interest in racing and previously raced karts and Formula Ford.
He is expected to start on a one-year contract, with an option for a second year.
His exact title is still being worked out.
Peter Lee plans to join the Mercedes Formula 1 team in a newly created role advising on artificial intelligence.
Lee is leaving his role as president of Microsoft Science after 16 years at the company.
At Mercedes, he is expected to work on applying AI to car physics, improving data sharing, building models and advising on AI regulation.
His contract is expected to last one year, with an option for a second year.
Lee’s exact title is still under discussion.
- Who
- Peter Lee, departing president of Microsoft Science, plans to join Mercedes.
- What
- He plans to advise the Formula 1 team on artificial intelligence.
- When
- He recently announced his departure from Microsoft. His start date is not stated.
- Where
- The Mercedes Formula 1 team.
- Why
- Lee said joining the team fulfills a childhood dream of being a racer.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Lee announced that he was leaving Microsoft, saying his next job would fulfill a childhood dream.
Fortune reported that Lee planned to join Mercedes in a newly created AI adviser role.
GeekWire reported Lee’s planned move and described the expected responsibilities and contract.
- Microsoft tenure
- 16 years
- New team
- Mercedes Formula 1
- Expected contract
- One year, with an option for a second
- Role title
- Still under discussion
- AI focus
- Car physics, organizational and data silos, financial and predictive models, and regulation
What people are saying
I’m completely thrilled, and I’m in disbelief that they would think of me for something like this.
I have always wanted to be a racer. When I was young, I grew up racing carts.
The thing I’ve always loved about cars, and why I love to work on cars, is you actually finish something.
In both health care delivery and in medical research, and in Formula 1, you are oftentimes in collaborative situations where a group of very well-trained people are working together with a deficit of information and having to make highly consequential rapid decisions.
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