Read the internal memo Alphabet sent in merging A.I.-focused groups DeepMind and Google Brain
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Abstraction: Alphabet merges DeepMind and Google Brain into Google DeepMind unit
Key points:
- April 2023: Alphabet announced Google DeepMind, merging the Brain team from Google Research with DeepMind (acquired 2014 for ~$500M)
- Demis Hassabis named CEO of Google DeepMind to lead "most capable and responsible general AI systems"
- Jeff Dean elevated to Chief Scientist of Google, reporting to Sundar Pichai; first project is a series of powerful multimodal AI models
- Combined team's prior accomplishments include AlphaGo, Transformers, word2vec, WaveNet, AlphaFold, TensorFlow, and JAX
- Move was a direct response to competitive pressure from ChatGPT and the OpenAI-Microsoft partnership
- Google Research continues under James Manyika covering algorithms, privacy, quantum computing, health, and responsible AI
Connections: Google · Deepmind · Demis Hassabis · Jeff Dean · Sundar Pichai · AI Research · Large Language Models
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/20/alphabet-merges-ai-focused-groups-deepmind-and-google-research.html