Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google
New Delhi: As the artificial intelligence is transforming information technology as we know it, the tech giant Google is all set to make a big leap.
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, told an interview that revolution is coming faster than one might think.
Pichai’s response comes as Google on Thursday announced its DeepMind in a bid to enhance research and development of artificial intelligence.
Google DeepMind, formed after uniting DeepMind and the Brain team from Google Research, looks forward to speeding up the progress towards a ‘world where AI can help solve the biggest challenges facing humanity’, according to a report.
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said that the collaboration across colleagues will help AI research and products improve lives of billions of people, transform industries, and advance science.
In an interview with 60 Minutes, Pichai said that Google DeepMind is bringing together two leading research groups in the AI field: the Brain team from Google Research, and DeepMind.
“To ensure the bold and responsible development of general AI, we’re creating a unit that will help us build more capable systems more safely and responsibly’ Pichai said.
DeepMind—an AI research start-up, founded by AI researchers Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg, and Mustafa Syleymann in 2010—was acquired by Google for over $500 million.
The deal came through even as the Facebook was in talks to take over the company in 2014.
When Google acquired the company, it was believed that the company would give Google an edge in artificial intelligence, according to The Indian Express.
While Google Brain, which is an AI research team dedicated for AI research, came into being in 2011.
Google Brain, fusing machine learning research, large-scale computing resources and information technology, was aimed at developing deep learning processes using existing infrastructure.
The merger of the two companies, according to Pichai, will speed up the company’s progress in AI.