Google is consolidating its artificial intelligence (AI) research divisions and keeping pace with other tech giants in this field by forming a new unit, Google DeepMind. DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis said in a blog post that the new unit will work closely with Google’s product areas to deliver AI research and products.
A scientific council will be established to oversee the unit’s research progress and direction, led by Koray Kavukcuoglu, VP research at DeepMind. Eli Collins, VP of products at Google Research, will join Google DeepMind as VP of products. At the same time, Google Brain lead Zoubin Ghahramani joins the Google DeepMind research leadership team and reports to Kavukcuoglu.
Jeff Dean, co-founder of Google Brain, will become chief scientist for both Google Research and Google DeepMind, reporting to CEO Sundar Pichai. Google Research will remain an independent division reporting to Google’s SVP of Technology and Society, James Manyika.
Google DeepMind will focus on fundamental advances in computer science in various fields, including algorithms and theory, privacy and security, quantum computing, health, climate and sustainability, and responsible AI. The unit will create the next generation of AI breakthroughs and products from Google and Alphabet, while remaining responsible and bold.
DeepMind was co-founded in 2010 by Hassabis, Shane Legg, and Mustafa Suleyman, and Google acquired the company in 2014 for $500 million. Google Brain was founded a year later as a part-time research collaboration between Jeff Dean, Google researcher Greg Corrado and Stanford University professor Andrew Ng.
DeepMind has become increasingly important within Alphabet as the company looks to beat rivals like Microsoft and OpenAI in the race for revenue-generating AI. Pichai has emphasized that Google has been an AI-first company since 2016 and sees AI as the main way to fulfill its mission.
Google is consolidating its artificial intelligence (AI) research divisions and keeping pace with other tech giants in the field by forming a new unit, Google DeepMind. DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis stated in a blog post that the new unit will collaborate closely with Google’s product areas to deliver AI research and products.
A scientific council will be established to oversee the unit’s research progress and direction, headed by Koray Kavukcuoglu, VP research at DeepMind. Eli Collins, VP of products at Google Research, will join Google DeepMind as VP of products. Additionally, Google Brain lead Zoubin Ghahramani will join the Google DeepMind research leadership team and report to Kavukcuoglu.
Jeff Dean, co-founder of Google Brain, will become chief scientist for both Google Research and Google DeepMind, reporting to CEO Sundar Pichai. Google Research will remain an independent division reporting to Google’s SVP of Technology and Society, James Manyika.
Google DeepMind will focus on fundamental advances in computer science in various fields, such as algorithms and theory, privacy and security, quantum computing, health, climate and sustainability, and responsible AI. The unit will create the next generation of AI breakthroughs and products from Google and Alphabet, while remaining responsible and bold.
DeepMind was co-founded in 2010 by Hassabis, Shane Legg, and Mustafa Suleyman, and Google acquired the company in 2014 for $500 million. Google Brain was founded a year later as a part-time research collaboration between Jeff Dean, Google researcher Greg Corrado, and Stanford University professor Andrew Ng.
DeepMind has become increasingly important within Alphabet as the company looks to beat rivals like Microsoft and OpenAI in the race for revenue-generating AI. Pichai has emphasized that Google has been an AI-first company since 2016 and sees AI as the main way to fulfill its mission.
