Google Plans To Merge DeepMind And Research Teams To Enhance AI Developments
Google is gearing up to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) portfolio and plans to consolidate its team focused on building AI models across its Research and DeepMind divisions, according to a media report on Friday.
The strategy is to relocate the Responsible AI team from the Research unit, focusing on safe AI development to DeepMind. The company wants the teams to be connected closely while building and scaling the AI models.
While Google has disclosed this merger amidst the growing global concerns regarding AI safety and regulation, the company had already consolidated its research units Google Brain and DeepMind a year back to speed up its AI development against rival, Microsoft.
Additionally, Google’s AI development also made the company tap DeepMind's Co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to head its new consumer AI unit developed last month.
Meanwhile, the consolidation of Google's AI team came following the organisation's reduction measures like control at the overall expenditure and a series of layoffs.
Additionally, this collaborative work was also indicated by CEO Sundar Pichai last year, who suggested the company’s plan to ramp up investment in AI and automation.
The DeepMind team had been playing a substantial role in developing the company’s AI model, the team was also supportive in building Google's most advanced artificial intelligence model, Gemini.
