Alphabet unifies Google AI and DeepMind teams in a new work unit

21 Apr. (Portaltic/EP) –

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

The Google and DeepMind teams have been working together for months to compete and overcome the dominance of OpenAI and Microsoft in the area of ​​AI, the one that 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 team union Up to now working on AI research: Brain from Google Research and DeepMind itself.

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

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