AI Magazine October 2021 | Page 12

TIMELINE

DeepMind ’ s pioneering work with artificial intelligence

DeepMind Technologies is a British artificial intelligence ( AI ) company that is dedicated to accelerating the industry with an interdisciplinary approach . It brings together new ideas and advances in machine learning , neuroscience , engineering , mathematics , simulation and computing infrastructure .
The company was founded by Demis Hassabis , Shane Leg and Mustafa Suleyman in 2010 .

2012- 2014

2016

Early investment and progress
2013 saw DeepMind publish research on an AI system that could surpass human abilities in games such as Pong , Breakout and Enduro . At the start of 2014 , Google announced the company had acquired DeepMind for $ 500 million and agreed to take over DeepMind technologies . With Google , DeepMind established an artificial intelligence ethics board .
Working with big partners and supporting the healthcare industry
With Amazon , Google , Facebook , IBM and Microsoft , in 2016 DeepMind became a founding member of Partnership on AI , an organisation dedicated to the society-AI interface . In 2016 , the company launched a new division called DeepMind Health and acquired a university spinout company with a healthcare app called Hark .
12 October 2021