Leading Chinese AI Scientist Sun Jian Dies Suddenly at 45

By Guo Yingzhe, Liu Peilin and Du Zhihang

Sun Jian joined AI firm, Megvii Technology, in 2016 as chief scientist and managing director of research. Photo: VCG

Sun Jian, chief scientist at top artificial intelligence (AI) company Megvii Technology Ltd., has died at the age of 45, casting a cloud over the company’s research and development work.

Sun, a prominent scientist in the field of computer vision and computer graphics, and managing director of Megvii Research, died on Tuesday after a sudden illness, the company said in a brief statement the same day, though no further details were given.

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