Articles about DeepMind

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LIGO and Google create a new AI tool to supercharge the hunt for gravitational waves

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, has already won its researchers a Nobel Prize — and now artificial intelligence… Read More

Microsoft poaches more Google DeepMind talent as Dave Citron joins as new corporate VP

Dave Citron, a former senior director of product at Google DeepMind, has joined Microsoft’s AI group as corporate vice president… Read More

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AI’s next frontier: AlphaCode can match programming prowess of average coders

Artificial intelligence software programs are becoming shockingly adept at carrying on conversations, winning board games and generating artwork — but… Read More

Phaidra, which sells AI tech to industrial customers, raises $25M from DeepMind co-founder, others

Phaidra, a startup building artificial intelligence tools for industrial customers ranging from vaccine manufacturers to paper mills, raised $25 million.… Read More

New protein folding technology from UW lab rivals DeepMind, promises to accelerate research

The lab of David Baker at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design has released its application to solve… Read More

Google is now using AI to keep its data centers cool and save energy

Google is practicing what it preaches, handing control of one of the most vital components of its data center operation… Read More

Google Cloud makes text-to-speech capabilities in apps like Google Maps available on Google Cloud Platform

Google continues to focus on ways it can use its artificial intelligence research to court cloud customers, announcing Tuesday that… Read More

Google’s Deepmind AI unit releases new version of AlphaGo that learns on its own

Deepmind, the artificial intelligence research organization owned by Google, announced some stunning results Wednesday from research into the next generation… Read More

UK regulators slap hospital involved in project with Google’s DeepMind over data handling

Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence research was dealt a minor setback Monday after U.K. regulators ruled a hospital it partnered with… Read More

AlphaGo AI program goes into stealth mode to beat the pants off Go game pros

For the past week or so, a mystery player has been logging into online Go game servers and beating the… Read More

That’s one smooth-talking robot: Google’s WaveNet AI program produces human-like speech

Text-to-speech technology isn’t great. I’ve always found the robotic drone of computerized voices a bit grating — a sentiment that… Read More

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White House’s final artificial intelligence workshop highlights need for humans to hold the reins on AI

The White House wound up a nationwide series of workshops on artificial intelligence today on a cautionary note: Yes, AI… Read More

Man vs. Machine: Google’s AlphaGo leaves little doubt as to better Go player in tournament’s final match

Maybe Lee Sedol can take comfort in the fact that even as machines outperform humans in a growing number of tasks, they… Read More

AlphaGo AI program gets stronger, beats champion Lee Sedol again in second game of Go showdown

The second game of a million-dollar, man-vs.-machine Go showdown was a real nail-biter, but the outcome was a repeat of the first… Read More

Man vs. machine: AlphaGo AI program beats Lee Sedol in first game of Go duel

Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo artificial intelligence program won the first of five Go games in a milestone million-dollar match against South… Read More

Seattle Go players plan watch parties for Google’s man-vs.-machine showdown

This month’s human-vs.-machine Go match between South Korean legend Lee Sedol and Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo AI program is a teachable… Read More

AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol: Odds are shifting in $1 million man-vs.-machine Go match

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Both sides in next month’s big $1 million AI-vs.-human Go match say they’re confident they’ll prevail. But… Read More

Watch Google’s AI navigate a 3D maze like a human would

The key to unlocking the power of artificial intelligence is teaching machines to think like humans. Now Google is one step… Read More

AI software masters the game of Go, takes aim at the world’s top player

Mark another milestone in the rise of the machines: An artificial intelligence program pioneered by Google DeepMind has learned how… Read More