According to a recent press release, “Unity Technologies (https://unity3d.com/), creator of the world’s leading real-time 3D development platform, announced today its collaboration with DeepMind, the world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) research, that will enable the development of virtual environments and tasks in support of the company’s fundamental AI research program. Demis Hassabis, co-founder and […]
Announcing DeepMind Health Research Partnership with Moorfields Eye Hospital
by Angela Guess A new release out of Google DeepMind Health states, “We founded DeepMind to make the world a better place by developing technologies that help address some of society’s toughest challenges. So we’re excited to announce our first medical research project with an NHS Trust. We’ll be working with Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS […]
The Singularity: Why Humans Need Not Fear
by Angela Guess John Markoff recently wrote in the New York Times, “Misconception: Computers will outstrip human capabilities within many of our lifetimes. Actually: You won’t be obsolete for a long time, if ever, most researchers say. In March when Alphago, the Go-playing software program designed by Google’s DeepMind subsidiary defeated Lee Se-dol, the human […]
Google Intends to Solve Artificial Intelligence
by Angela Guess Tom Simonite reports in the MIT Technology Review, “Padded walls, gloomy lighting, and a ceiling with floral wallpaper. It doesn’t look like a place to make groundbreaking discoveries that change the trajectory of society. But in these simulated, claustrophobic corridors, Demis Hassabis thinks he can lay the foundations for software that’s smart […]
A Look Inside AlphaGo and Lee Sedol’s Epic Go Battle
by Angela Guess Cade Metz recently wrote in Wired, “In Game Two, the Google machine made a move that no human ever would. And it was beautiful. As the world looked on, the move so perfectly demonstrated the enormously powerful and rather mysterious talents of modern artificial intelligence. But in Game Four, the human made […]
Google’s DeepMind Sets Focus on Medical Software
by Angela Guess Jack Clark reports in Bloomberg Business, “Google’s DeepMind Technologies Ltd., an artificial intelligence company owned by the Web-search provider, is pushing into medical technology as it seeks to apply its expertise to health care. DeepMind has built a reputation for creating cutting-edge self-learning software and is pitting its technology against the world’s […]