Google and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that two entities within the company have merged to form a new business unit dedicated to developing 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 purchased in 2014. The newly formed business unit aims to accelerate the company’s progress in developing AI in a safe, responsible manner.