DeepMind
DeepMind is a British artificial intelligence research company, founded in 2010 and acquired by Google in 2014.
It gained prominence when its AlphaGo program defeated world champion Go players in 2016—a milestone in AI development.
DeepMind focuses on general-purpose AI and has applied its research to protein folding, energy efficiency, and other scientific problems.
Go-playing artificial intelligence
- protein foldingChain becoming functional structure
- GoTerritory-capturing board game
- chessStrategic board game
- StarCraftBlizzard's interstellar strategy franchise
Nobel Prize · superhuman · milestones · records · tournaments · demonstrations · publications · awards
Machines mimicking human thought
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- neural networksLayered computational learning systems
- reinforcement learningTraining through reward signals
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
papers · Nature · Science · breakthroughs · neuroscience · cognition · transformers · optimization
Correct relative positioning
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- ethics boardBody overseeing professional conduct
- risksPossible negative outcomes
- existential riskDanger threatening human survival
regulation · transparency · accountability · bias · fairness · guidelines · principles · oversight
Organized provision of treatment
- drug discoveryDeveloping new therapeutic compounds
- diagnosticsMethods identifying problems
- eye diseaseIllness affecting sight organs
- energy efficiencyMinimizing wasted power
data centers · scientific discovery · biology · physics · mathematics · Gemini · climate · materials science
Dominant web search provider
- AlphabetGoogle's parent corporation
- LondonEngland's capital city
- AI labOrganization building thinking machines
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
headquarters · King's Cross · subsidiary · startup · founding · 2010 · British · corporate
AlphaGo
Go-playing artificial intelligence
- protein foldingChain becoming functional structure
- GoTerritory-capturing board game
- chessStrategic board game
StarCraft · Nobel Prize · superhuman · milestones · records · tournaments · demonstrations · publications · awards · recognition
artificial intelligence
Machines mimicking human thought
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- neural networksLayered computational learning systems
- reinforcement learningTraining through reward signals
algorithms · papers · Nature · Science · breakthroughs · neuroscience · cognition · transformers · optimization · generalization
alignment
Correct relative positioning
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- ethics boardBody overseeing professional conduct
- risksPossible negative outcomes
existential risk · regulation · transparency · accountability · bias · fairness · guidelines · principles · oversight · societal impact
healthcare
Organized provision of treatment
- drug discoveryDeveloping new therapeutic compounds
- diagnosticsMethods identifying problems
- eye diseaseIllness affecting sight organs
energy efficiency · data centers · scientific discovery · biology · physics · mathematics · Gemini · climate · materials science · fusion
Dominant web search provider
- AlphabetGoogle's parent corporation
- LondonEngland's capital city
- AI labOrganization building thinking machines
acquisition · headquarters · King's Cross · subsidiary · startup · founding · 2010 · British · corporate · employees
- corporate research facilitiesBell Labs
- AIAI, machine learning, algorithm, chatbot, neural networks
- AI toolsAI, machine learning, neural networks, chatbots, virtual assistants
- European TechSAP, Siemens, Nokia, Philips, Spotify
- British Inventionssteam engine, jet engine, spinning jenny, power loom, telephone
- Google ProductsAndroid, Gmail, Google, Google Maps, Google Search