Earlier at present we introduced some modifications that can speed up our progress in AI and assist us develop extra succesful AI methods safely and responsibly. Under is a recap of what DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis shared with staff:
Hello Staff
Once we launched DeepMind again in 2010, many individuals thought normal AI was a farfetched science fiction expertise that was a long time away from being a actuality.
Now, we stay in a time by which AI analysis and expertise is advancing exponentially. Within the coming years, AI – and finally AGI – has the potential to drive one of many best social, financial and scientific transformations in historical past.
That’s why at present Sundar is announcing that DeepMind and the Mind group from Google Analysis can be becoming a member of forces as a single, targeted unit referred to as Google DeepMind. Combining our skills and efforts will speed up our progress in the direction of a world by which AI helps clear up the most important challenges dealing with humanity, and I’m extremely excited to be main this unit and dealing with all of you to construct it. Collectively, in shut collaboration with our implausible colleagues throughout the Google Product Areas, we have now an actual alternative to ship AI analysis and merchandise that dramatically enhance the lives of billions of individuals, remodel industries, advance science, and serve various communities.
By creating Google DeepMind, I consider we will get to that future sooner. Constructing ever extra succesful and normal AI, safely and responsibly, calls for that we clear up a few of the hardest scientific and engineering challenges of our time. For that, we have to work with higher pace, stronger collaboration and execution, and to simplify the best way we make selections to give attention to reaching the most important affect.
Via Google DeepMind, we’re bringing collectively our world-class expertise in AI with the computing energy, infrastructure and sources to create the subsequent era of AI breakthroughs and merchandise throughout Google and Alphabet, and to do that in a daring and accountable method. The analysis advances from the outstanding Mind and DeepMind groups laid a lot of the foundations of the present AI business, from Deep Reinforcement Studying to Transformers, and the work we’re going to be doing now as a part of this new mixed unit will create the subsequent wave of world-changing breakthroughs.
Sundar, Jeff Dean, James Manyika, and I’ve constructed a implausible partnership as we’ve labored to coordinate our efforts over current months. I’m wanting ahead to working intently with Eli Collins, who can be becoming a member of my leads group as VP of Product, and Zoubin Ghahramani who can be becoming a member of the analysis management group reporting to Koray Kavukcuoglu. We’re additionally creating a brand new Scientific Board for Google DeepMind to supervise analysis progress and route of the unit, which can be led by Koray and could have representatives from throughout the orgs. Jeff, Koray, Zoubin, Shane and myself can be finalising the composition of this board collectively within the coming days.
I’m certain you should have numerous questions on what this new unit will appear like for you, your groups, and all of us, and we can be working onerous to offer readability for everybody as quickly as doable. Please learn Sundar’s word, and tune in to the city corridor assembly tomorrow.
I’m thrilled to be on this journey with you and look ahead to seeing everybody quickly.
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