Why did Google and DeepMind unify their AI teams?

The teams currently investigating artificial intelligence (AI) under the Alphabet umbrella have come together in a new unit under the name of Google DeepMind, with the aim of speeding up work and bringing this technology to billions of people.

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The teams of Google and DeepMind They have been working together for months to compete and overcome the dominance of OpenAI and Microsoft in the area of ​​AI, which until the appearance of ChatGPT in November last year was held by the two Alphabet teams.

The CEOs of Alphabet and Google, Sundar Pichai, and of DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, have confirmed in a statement the union of the teams that until now have been working on AI research: Brain from Google Research and DeepMind itself.

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The new unit is called Google DeepMind and will focus on “to deliver AI research and products that dramatically improve the lives of billions of peopletransform industries, advance science and serve diverse communities”as Hassabis, who will also lead this new group, has indicated.

Google DeepMind brings together Alphabet professionals, infrastructure and resources around artificial intelligence, and with this unit they seek “create the next wave of world-changing discoveries.”

Source: Elcomercio

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