What's going on: On February 15, Ruth Porrat published information on investments planned in Poland on LinkedIn, referring to Meetings of the General Director of Google Sundara Pichaia with Donald Tusk. Her entry was made available, among others minister finance Andrzej Domañski.
Google announcement: Porrat confirmed that the talks concerned the partnership “in the scope artificial intelligenceWhat is to drive economic growth in Poland and help in the transformation of sectors, including cyber security, health and energy throughout the country. ” Google in Poland, including the construction of the largest engineering center Google in the EU. “Google envisages investing billions of zlotys And expects close cooperation with the government and the Polish Development Fund SA (PFR) in order to accelerate the implementation of artificial intelligence in Poland, thus unlocking significant benefits throughout Poland. “
Changing the amount: Let's remind, according to earlier reports, the head of Google Sundar Pichai was to inform $ 5 million in Poland about the investment. This amount also appeared in a message published on the website of the Polish Development Fund. However, it caused amazement among many people, after which it turned out that billions are to be transferred to investments, not millions. “If someone thinks that the president of Google comes to Poland to talk to the prime minister about the investment for $ 5 million is Let him think again” – said Domański.
More You can read about this in the article: “Slip -up? The amount of Google investments in Poland has disappeared. The minister comments”.
Sources: Andrzej Domański (x), Ruth Porrat (LinkedIn)