CNBC April 20, 2023
Key Points
– Alphabet is merging Google Brain, part of the research division, and DeepMind as the company races to compete in artificial intelligence.
– Google’s AI head, Jeff Dean, will get a promotion to chief scientist as part of the change.
Alphabet is merging an internal Google Research team called Brain with DeepMind, a move designed to bring two groups focused on artificial intelligence closer together as the battle for AI heats up.
Google acquired DeepMind in 2014 for a reported $500 million and has until now run it as an independent unit out of the U.K. DeepMind has been one of Alphabet’s “other bets,” performing futuristic work, such as teaching computer systems to beat top-ranked players of the...
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