Turk Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 By Liz Gannes January 26, 2014, 4:25 PM PST Google is shelling out $400 million to buy a secretive artificial intelligence company called DeepMind. After Re/code inquired about the deal, Google confirmed that it was happening but declined to specify the price. Based in London, DeepMind was founded by games prodigy and neuroscientist Demis Hassabis, Shane Leg and Mustafa Suleyman. This is in large part an artificial intelligence talent acquisition, and Google CEO Larry Page led the deal himself, sources said. According to online bios, Hassabis in particular is quite the brain, a child prodigy in chess who was later called probably the best games player in history by the Mind Sports Olympiad. DeepMind has just a landing page for a website, on which says it builds learning algorithms for simulations, e-commerce and games. Profiles on LinkedIn indicate the company is about three years old. Sources said Founders Fund is a major investor in DeepMind, along with Horizons Ventures. Skype and Kazaa developer Jaan Tallin was an investor and advisor (not a founder, as we initially described him). Other Google AI experts include Jeff Dean and Anna Patterson, and the company also recently hired Geoffrey Hinton part-time. http://recode.net/2014/01/26/exclusive-google-to-buy-artificial-intelligence-startup-deepmind-for-400m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nIGHT Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Nest + DeepMind + Boston Dynamics = BadAss Security System at Home Female Robotic Partner for me? :(- Gir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 I am concerned that Google bastards would eventually try to acquire our Grandmas who get "artificial" oestrogen :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualbuffs Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 i hate google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 More on DeepMind: AI Startup to Work Directly With Google’s Search Team January 27, 2014, 6:09 PM PSThttp://recode.net/2014/01/27/more-on-deepmind-ai-startup-to-work-directly-with-googles-search-team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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