DeepMind is an artificial intelligence research company that was founded in London in 2010. It was acquired by Google in 2014 and is now a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
DeepMind focuses on advancing general artificial intelligence through various techniques including deep neural networks, transfer learning, and reinforcement learning.
Their goal is to build safe and beneficial AI that can generalize learning to a wide range of problems.
Some of their research includes using neural networks to solve problems in computer games, protein folding, and more.
The company is also researching neuroscience to help understand intelligence and build better AI. They have brought together teams from Google and other top AI research groups to advance the field of AI.
DeepMind often works closely with Google AI and Google Research entities.
DeepMind’s key achievements
Some key achievements and milestones of DeepMind include:
- In 2016, DeepMind’s AlphaGo program defeated world champion Lee Sedol in the ancient game of Go, which was a major breakthrough in artificial intelligence. This demonstrated that a computer could master a complex game that is far more difficult than chess.
- In 2017, AlphaGo Zero was introduced and was able to achieve superhuman performance in Go without human data by starting from random play and learning through self-play reinforcement learning.
- In 2019, DeepMind’s AlphaFold program made a major breakthrough in protein folding prediction, which could help accelerate scientific research.