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| 2018 || December || Notable quote || {{w|Demis Hassabis}} announces: "I'd be much more pessimistic about the way the world is going to go if I didn't know there was something as game-changing as AI on the way."<ref name="Google DeepMind: the story behind the world's leading AI startup"/>
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| 2019 || February || Achievement || DeepMind's {{w|AI}} AlphaStar is revealed to outperform human professionals at {{w|StarCraft II}}, beating the humans 10 games in a row.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grayson |first1=Nathan |title=Google's DeepMind AI Just Beat Two Pros At StarCraft II |url=https://kotaku.com/googles-deepmind-ai-just-beat-two-pros-at-starcraft-ii-1832034863 |website=kotaku.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DEEPMIND BEATS PROS AT STARCRAFT IN ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR BOTS |url=https://www.wired.com/story/deepmind-beats-pros-starcraft-another-triumph-bots/ |website=wired.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DeepMind AI AlphaStar goes 10-1 against top 'StarCraft II' pros |url=https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/24/deepmind-ai-starcraft-ii-demonstration-tlo-mana/ |website=engadget.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DEEPMIND - STARCRAFT II DEMONSTRATION |url=https://starcraft2.com/en-us/news/22871520?linkId=100000004774117 |website=starcraft2.com |accessdate=28 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || February || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind develops an algorithm aimed at boosting {{w|wind energy}} efficiency. Google reports having increased energy production by 20% after installing its own AI software across its largest renewable energy facilities in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuff |first1=Madeleine |title=Google and DeepMind deploy AI to predict wind energy output |url=https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3071829/google-and-deep-mind-use-ai-to-predict-wind-energy |website=businessgreen.com |accessdate=4 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DeepMind: Google uses AI technology to boost wind energy efficiency |url=https://www.edie.net/news/8/Google-to-boost-wind-generation-efficiency-with-AI-powered-technology/ |website=edie.net |accessdate=4 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || April || Team || Google disbands the advisory board for DeepMind Health. It is the second disbanded review panel related to [[W:Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]]'s {{w|AI}} dealings.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fuertes |first1=Rechelle Ann |title=Google Disbands Advisory Board for DeepMind Health |url=https://edgy.app/google-deepmind-advisory-board |website=edgy.app |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fuertes |first1=Rechelle Ann |title=Google Disbands Advisory Board for DeepMind Health |url=https://edgy.app/google-deepmind-advisory-board |website=edgy.app |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Merriman |first1=Chris |title=DeepMind becomes the second Alphabet company to disband an AI ethics panel |url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3074256/google-deepmind-becomes-the-second-alphabet-company-to-close-an-ai-ethics-panel |website=theinquirer.net |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || April || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind researchers develop an {{w|AI}} tasked with teaching itself to solve arithmetic, algebra and probability problems, among others. However, the neural network performs poorly when tested on a maths exam taken by 16-year-olds in the United Kingdom, getting just 14 out of 40 questions correct, or the equivalent of an E grade.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vaughan |first1=Adam |title=DeepMind created a maths AI that can add up to 6 but gets 7 wrong |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2198761-deepmind-created-a-maths-ai-that-can-add-up-to-6-but-gets-7-wrong/ |website=newscientist.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Srivastava |first1=Smriti |title=DEEPMIND EXAMINED AI NEURAL NET OVER HIGH SCHOOL MATHS, BUT LACKED SUCCESS |url=https://www.analyticsinsight.net/deepmind-examined-ai-neural-net-over-high-school-maths-but-lacked-success/ |website=analyticsinsight.net |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref>
