Google and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai announced the merger of two entities with the company to form a separate business unit dedicated to the development of the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) breakthroughs and products.
The new unit, Google Deepmind, was formed by merging the Brain team from Google Research and DeepMind, a London-based AI company Google had purchased in 2014. The newly-formed business unit aims to accelerate the company’s progress in developing AI in a safe and responsible manner.