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| 2010–2014 || DeepMind initiates as a British AI startup. Before being acquired by {{w|Google}}, it remains relatively unknown.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Google's Amazing AI Start-Up 'DeepMind' Is Making Our World A Smarter Place |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/02/02/how-googles-amazing-ai-start-up-deepmind-is-making-our-world-a-smarter-place/#43263b6edfff |website=forbes.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref>
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| Since 2014 || Google's DeepMind era. The acquired company starts being known worldwide. Since being acquired by Google, DeepMind's AI would be used to beat humans at board games and create free apps with the British {{w|National Health Service}}. Neither application would make profit for Google so far.<ref name="Google's $500+ million purchase of DeepMind just got very interesting"/>
| 2014 || January 27 || Acquisition || {{w|Google}} engages in its largest European acquisition to date with a deal to buy DeepMind for £400 million (US$650 million). From then on, DeepMind starts becoming known worldwide.<ref name="Google's $500+ million purchase of DeepMind just got very interesting">{{cite web |last1=Shead |first1=Sam |title=Google's $500+ million purchase of DeepMind just got very interesting |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/googles-400-million-acquisition-of-deepmind-is-looking-good-2016-7 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=5 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google buys UK artificial intelligence startup Deepmind for £400m |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/27/google-acquires-uk-artificial-intelligence-startup-deepmind |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=5 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="Google DeepMind: the story behind the world's leading AI startup">{{cite web |title=Google DeepMind: the story behind the world's leading AI startup |url=https://www.techworld.com/startups/google-deepmind-what-is-it-how-it-works-should-you-be-scared-3615354/ |website=techworld.com |accessdate=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="Google buys AI firm DeepMind to boost image search"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Google acquires artificial intelligence company DeepMind |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2486983/google-acquires-artificial-intelligence-company-deepmind.html |website=computerworld.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2014 || October 29 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind unveils a neural network that can access an external memory like a conventional {{w|Turing machine}}. The project mimics properties of the human brain's short-term working memory. The result is a computer able to mimic some of the brain’s memory skills and even program like a human.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google's Secretive DeepMind Startup Unveils a "Neural Turing Machine" |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/532156/googles-secretive-deepmind-startup-unveils-a-neural-turing-machine/ |website=technologyreview.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hornyak |first1=Tim |title=Google's DeepMind AI project apes human memory and programming skills |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2841232/google-ai-project-apes-memory-programs-sort-of-like-a-human.html |website=pcworld.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Computer with human-like learning will program itself |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429932-200-computer-with-human-like-learning-will-program-itself/ |website=newscientist.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google reveals it is developing a computer so smart it can program ITSELF |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2813303/Google-reveals-developing-computer-smart-program-ITSELF.html |website=dailymail.co.uk |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2014 || || Recognition || DeepMind receives the "Company of the Year" award from {{w|Cambridge Computer Laboratory}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame Awards: To celebrate the success of companies founded by Computer Laboratory graduates.|url=https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/ring/awards.html|publisher=University of Cambridge|accessdate=28 May 2019}}</ref>
| 2015 || October || Achievement || DeepMind's {{w|AlphaGo}} beats the European [[w:Go (game)|Go]] champion {{w|Fan Hui}}, a [[w:Go ranks and ratings|2 dan]] (out of 9 dan possible) professional, five to zero.<ref name="bbcgo">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35420579|title=Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion|date=27 January 2016|author=|newspaper=BBC News}}</ref> This is the first time an {{w|artificial intelligence}} defeats a professional Go player.<ref name="lemondego">{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2016/01/27/premiere-defaite-d-un-professionnel-du-go-contre-une-intelligence-artificielle_4854886_4408996.html|title=Première défaite d'un professionnel du go contre une intelligence artificielle|language=French|date=27 January 2016|work=Le Monde}}</ref>
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| 2015 || February 25 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind builds an artificial intelligence agent that can learn to successfully play 49 classic {{w|Atari games}} by itself, with minimal input. The researchers claim software that learns to play video games could graduate to the real world before long.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Twilley |first1=Nicola |title=Artificial Intelligence Goes to the Arcade |url=https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/deepmind-artificial-intelligence-video-games |website=newyorker.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=CLARK Clark |first1=LIAT Liat |title=DeepMind's AI is an Atari gaming pro now |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-deepmind-atari |website=wired.co.uk |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google's AI Masters Space Invaders (But It Still Stinks at Pac-Man) |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/535446/googles-ai-masters-space-invaders-but-it-still-stinks-at-pac-man/ |website=technologyreview.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Devlin |first1=Hannah |title=Google develops computer program capable of learning tasks independently |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/25/google-develops-computer-program-capable-of-learning-tasks-independently |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || February || Partnership || DeepMind announces that it is teaming with the {{w|National Health Service}} to build an app called Streams to help hospital staff monitor patients with kidney disease.<ref name="newscientist.com">{{cite web |title=Revealed: Google AI has access to huge haul of NHS patient data |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2086454-revealed-google-ai-has-access-to-huge-haul-of-nhs-patient-data/ |website=newscientist.com |accessdate=28 May 2019}}</ref>
| 2016 || June 3 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind develops a ‘big red button’ to stop AIs from causing harm, using a framework in the form of "safely interruptible" artificial intelligence. The system guarantees that a machine will not learn to resist attempts by humans to intervene in its learning processes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Byrne |first1=Michael |title=Google DeepMind Researchers Develop AI Kill Switch |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bmv7x5/google-researchers-have-come-up-with-an-ai-kill-switch |website=vice.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Li |first1=Abner |title=Google DeepMind has developed a ‘big red button’ to stop AIs from causing harm |url=https://9to5google.com/2016/06/03/google-deepmind-big-red-button-ai/ |website=9to5google.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shead |first1=Sam |title=Google has developed a 'big red button' that can be used to interrupt artificial intelligence and stop it from causing harm |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepmind-develops-a-big-red-button-to-stop-dangerous-ais-causing-harm-2016-6 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || July || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind announces the ability to cut Google's data centers' energy consumption by 15%, using a {{w|machine learning}} algorithm.<ref>{{cite web |last1=BURGESS Burgess |first1=MATT Matt |title=Google's DeepMind trains AI to cut its energy bills by 40% |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-deepmind-data-centres-efficiency |website=wired.co.uk |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wakefield |first1=Jane |title=Google uses AI to save on electricity from data centres |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36845978 |website=bbc.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || August 30 || Partnership || DeepMind announces a partnership with {{w|University College London Hospital}} to explore using artificial intelligence to treat patients with head and neck cancers. The goal is to develop tools to automatically identify cancerous cells for {{w|radiology}} machines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google is teaming up with a London hospital to inject AI into cancer treatment |url=https://qz.com/769974/google-deepmind-cancer-artificial-intelligence-deep-learning-university-college-london-hospital/ |website=qz.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google DeepMind targets NHS head and neck cancer treatment |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37230806 |website=bbc.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google DeepMind and UCLH collaborate on AI-based radiotherapy treatment |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/30/google-deepmind-ucl-ai-radiotherapy-treatment- |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google DeepMind wants to use machine learning to help treat certain cancers |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/30/12714428/google-deepmind-cancer-treatment-plans-uk-health |website=theverge.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref>
| 2016 || September 9 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind claims having significantly improved computer-generated speech with its new system called WaveNet, an AI technology making machines sound more like humans. The system generates voices by sampling real human speech and directly modeling audio waveforms based on it, as well as its previously generated audio.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence has figured out how to talk |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepmind-wavenet-speech-2016-9 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gallego |first1=Jelor |title=At Last, Google’s DeepMind AI Can Make Machines Sound Like Humans |url=https://futurism.com/at-last-googles-deepmind-ai-can-make-machines-sound-like-humans |website=futurism.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Adi |title=Google’s DeepMind AI fakes some of the most realistic human voices yet |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/9/12860866/google-deepmind-wavenet-ai-text-to-speech-synthesis |website=theverge.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Krumins |first1=Aaron |title=Robots receive a scary-accurate new voice, courtesy of Google’s DeepMind |url=https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/235428-robots-receive-a-scary-new-voice-courtesy-of-googles-deepmind |website=extremetech.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || October 12 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind unveils an {{w|AI}} “working memory” able to learn how to solve tasks for itself, such as how best to get from A to B on the London tube network. The AI combines both data processing with self-learning code. The new algorithm is able to retain information in its memory and use its learnings to solve problems in some areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=DeepMind's AI has learned to navigate the Tube using memory |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2108934-deepminds-ai-has-learned-to-navigate-the-tube-using-memory/ |website=newscientist.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=BURGESS Burgess |first1=MATT Matt |title=DeepMind's AI learned to ride the London Underground using human-like reason and memory |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/deepmind-ai-tube-london-underground |website=wired.co.uk |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hsu |first1=Jeremy |title=Google's Deep Mind Gives AI a Memory Boost That Lets It Navigate London's Underground |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/software/googles-deep-mind-boosts-memory-to-navigate-london-underground |website=spectrum.ieee.org |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || November 4 || Partnership || DeepMind teams with {{w|Blizzard Entertainment}} to release an open test environment within the {{w|StarCraft II}} game for artificial intelligence researchers to use worldwide. DeepMind would use deep reinforcement learning to develop an AI agent that can play StarCraft II effectively.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Byford |first1=Sam |title=Google DeepMind's next gaming challenge: can AI beat StarCraft II? |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/4/13518210/deepmind-starcraft-ai-google-blizzard |website=theverge.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Reichert |first1=Corinne |title=Google's DeepMind turns to StarCraft II after conquering Go |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-deepmind-turns-to-starcraft-ii-after-conquering-go/ |website=zdnet.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Galeon |first1=Dom |title=DeepMind: AI is Heading to StarCraft |url=https://futurism.com/deepmind-ai-is-heading-to-starcraft |website=futurism.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || November 22 || Partnership || DeepMind announces a five-year agreement with a UK {{w|National Health Service}} trust that would give it access to patient data to develop and deploy its healthcare app, Streams. The agreement lasts until at least 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pelaez |first1=Jose Luis |title=Google’s DeepMind agrees new deal to share NHS patient data |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2113701-googles-deepmind-agrees-new-deal-to-share-nhs-patient-data/ |website=newscientist.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=COLLINS Collins |first1=KATIE Katie |title=Google DeepMind knows you well enough to save your life |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-deepmind-nhs-streams-artificial-intelligence/ |website=cnet.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lomas |first1=Natasha |title=Patient data API pivotal to DeepMind’s push into UK’s NHS |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/22/patient-data-api-pivotal-to-deepminds-push-into-uks-nhs/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || December 5 || Userbase || DeepMind announces open-sourcing DeepMind Lab, its 3D game-like platform for agent-based AI research, so that others can try and make advances in the field of AI. The DeepMind Lab project was used to create enviroments capable of testing AI systems’ ability to achieve goals in a wide range of environments. Tasks such as navigation in mazes, collecting fruit, traversing dangerous passages, laser tag and interaction with bots have been developed to refine the programs. The development of mazes and challenges were designed using video game {{w|Quake III Arena}}’s 17-year-old software, to teach its artificial intelligence programs how to operate in 3D spaces.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=John |title=Google DeepMind releases source code to the Quake III levels its using to train AIs |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/12/05/google-deepmind-releases-source-code-the-quake-iii-levels-its-using-train-ais |website=thedrum.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Condon |first1=Stephanie |title=OpenAI, DeepMind open source AI training platforms |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/openai-deepmind-open-source-ai-training-platforms/ |website=zdnet.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shead |first1=Sam |title=DeepMind is opening up its 'flagship' platform to AI researchers outside the company |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/deepmind-opens-up-lab-to-ai-researchers-2016-12 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kahn |first1=Jeremy |title=Google DeepMind Makes AI Training Platform Publicly Available |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-05/google-deepmind-makes-ai-training-platform-publicly-available |website=bloomberg.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || January || Collaboration || DeepMind's experts pledge to pass on their knowledge to students enrolled on machine learning master's programs at {{w|University College London}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shead |first1=Sam |title=DeepMind's AI experts have pledged to pass on their knowledge to students at UCL |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/deepmind-ai-experts-are-going-to-teach-at-ucl-2017-1 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || March || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind announces development of a new way to protect confidential health data from itself, in an attempt to assure hospitals, and the public at large, that patient confidentiality isn’t compromised as DeepMind processes the sensitive medical health records entrusted to it.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Joon Ian |title=Google’s DeepMind has a plan for protecting private health data—from itself |url=https://qz.com/929833/googles-goog-deepmind-is-using-blockchain-technology-to-handle-nhs-medical-data/ |website=qz.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trust, confidence and Verifiable Data Audit |url=https://deepmind.com/blog/trust-confidence-verifiable-data-audit/ |website=deepmind.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || March || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind develops algorithms that can anticipate energy demand and supply, with the potential to cut the {{w|United Kingdom}} energy consumption by up to 10%.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shead |first1=Sam |title=Google's Deepmind wants to cut 10% off the entire UK's energy bill |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepmind-wants-to-cut-ten-percent-off-entire-uk-energy-bill-using-artificial-intelligence-2017-3 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Avery |title=Google Wants to Use AI to Cut the UK's Electric Bill by 10 Percent |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a25648/google-save-uk-10-percent-electric-bill/ |website=popularmechanics.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google Wants To Use AI To Cut the UK's Electric Bill By 10 Percent |url=https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/03/13/1937221/google-wants-to-use-ai-to-cut-the-uks-electric-bill-by-10-percent |website=hardware.slashdot.org |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google’s Deepmind wants to cut 10% off the entire UK’s energy bill |url=https://www.businessinsider.nl/google-deepmind-wants-to-cut-ten-percent-off-entire-uk-energy-bill-using-artificial-intelligence-2017-3/?international=true&r=UK |website=businessinsider.nl |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>
| 2017 || May || Controversy || ''Sky News'' publishes a leaked letter from the National Data Guardian, [[wikipedia:Fiona Caldicott|Dame Fiona Caldicott]], revealing that in her "considered opinion" the data-sharing agreement between DeepMind and the Royal Free took place on an "inappropriate legal basis".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.sky.com/story/google-received-16-million-nhs-patients-data-on-an-inappropriate-legal-basis-10879142/ |title=Google received 1.6 million NHS patients' data on an 'inappropriate legal basis' |first=Alexander J |last=Martin |work={{w|Sky News}} |date=15 May 2017 |accessdate=28 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || July || International expansion || DeepMind announces its first international research lab in {{w|Edmonton}}, Canada.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vincent |first1=James |title=Google’s AI powerhouse DeepMind is opening its first international lab in Canada |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/5/15922574/deepmind-alberta-canda-research-lab |website=theverge.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fingas |first1=Jon |title=Google's next DeepMind AI research lab opens in Canada |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/05/google-opens-deepmind-lab-in-canada/ |website=engadget.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kahn |first1=Jeremy |title=DeepMind Goes to Alberta For First International Lab |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-05/deepmind-goes-to-alberta-for-first-international-lab |website=bloomberg.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=SEMENIUK Semeniuk |first1=IVAN Ivan |title=AI company that conquered Go game opens office in Edmonton |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ai-company-that-conquered-go-game-opens-office-in-edmonton/article35551899/ |website=theglobeandmail.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || July || Controversy || The UK {{w|Information Commissioner's Office}} rules that the Royal Free has breached the Data Protection Act by providing DeepMind with the personal data of around 1.6 million patients.<ref name="Google DeepMind: the story behind the world's leading AI startup"/>
| 2017 || Kuly 10 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind uses {{w|reinforcement learning}} to master {{w|parkour}}, using a virtual course designed by the researchers which features drops, hurdles, and ledges. All of the navigation is self-taught by the AI using a trial-and-error approach to working out how to move forward and progress across the course as fast as possible.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vincent |first1=James |title=DeepMind’s AI is teaching itself parkour, and the results are adorable |url=https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/7/10/15946542/deepmind-parkour-agent-reinforcement-learning |website=theverge.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Daws |first1=Ryan |title=Google’s DeepMind uses reinforcement learning to master parkour |url=https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2017/jul/10/googles-deepmind-uses-reinforcement-learning-master-parkour/ |website=developer-tech.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || July 19 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind releases a paper describing new developments for "imagination-based planning" to {{w|AI}} and algorithms that simulate the human ability to construct plans. The AI can reason through decisions and make plans for the future, without being bound by human instructions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=PLUMMER Plummer |first1=LIBBY Libby |title=Google's DeepMind creates an AI with 'imagination' |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/googles-deepmind-creates-an-ai-with-imagination |website=wired.co.uk |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Locklear |first1=Mallory |title=DeepMind researchers create AI with an ‘imagination’ |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/25/deepmind-create-ai-imagination/ |website=engadget.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=NIELD Nield |first1=DAVID David |title=Google Has Started Adding Imagination to Its DeepMind AI |url=https://www.sciencealert.com/google-has-started-adding-imagination-to-its-deepmind-ai |website=sciencealert.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=PRIGG Prigg |first1=MARK Mark |title=Google's DeepMind researchers create AI with an ‘imagination’ |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4730392/Google-s-DeepMind-create-AI-imagination.html |website=dailymail.co.uk |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || October 4 || Team || DeepMind launches DeepMind Ethics & Society (DMES), a new research group recruiting advisers from academia and charity sector with the purpose to ‘help technologists put ethics into practice’ and help coping with artificial intelligence to consider the “real-world impacts” of replicating human intelligence. The group consists of six independent research fellows, eight full-time researchers, and nine partnerships with other research institutions. It would explore topics such as algorithmic bias, accountability, and autonomous killing machines.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gershgorn |first1=Dave |title=DeepMind now has two ethics groups, but one of them is still secret |url=https://qz.com/1094283/alphabets-goog-deepmind-now-has-two-ethics-groups-but-one-of-them-is-still-secret/ |website=qz.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hern |first1=Alex |title=DeepMind announces ethics group to focus on problems of AI |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/04/google-deepmind-ai-artificial-intelligence-ethics-group-problems |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=SAWERS Sawers |first1=PAUL Paul |title=Alphabet’s DeepMind sets up ‘ethics and society’ unit to research real-world impact of AI |url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/04/alphabets-deepmind-sets-up-ethics-and-society-unit-to-research-real-world-impact-of-ai/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || October 18 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind announces AlphaGo Zero, a software capable of mastering the Chinese game of {{w|Go}} without help from human players.<ref name="Google DeepMind: AI becomes more alien">{{cite web |last1=Cellan-Jones |first1=Rory |title=Google DeepMind: AI becomes more alien |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41668701 |website=bbc.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=BURGESS Burgess |first1=MATT Matt |title=DeepMind's latest AI breakthrough is its most significant yet |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/deepmind-alphago-zero-nature-reinforcement-learning |website=wired.co.uk |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=CUTHBERTSON Cuthbertson |first1=ANTHONY Anthony |title=DEEPMIND ALPHAGODeepmind AlphaGo: AI TEACHES ITSELF Teaches Itself 'THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGEThousands of Years of Human Knowledge' WITHOUT HELP Without Help |url=https://www.newsweek.com/deepmind-alphago-ai-teaches-human-help-687620 |website=newsweek.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shead |first1=Sam |title=DeepMind's human-bashing AlphaGo AI is now even stronger |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/deepminds-alphago-ai-gets-alphago-zero-upgrade-2017-10 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || October 20 || Recognition || The DeepMind team behind AlphaGo is awarded the inaugural {{w|Marvin Minsky Medal}} by the {{w|International Joint Conference On Artificial Intelligence}} (IJCAI) in {{w|Stockholm}}, for outstanding achievements in the field of AI.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gorey |first1=Colm |title=DeepMind team behind AlphaGo wins inaugural ‘Nobel Prize for AI’ |url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/deepmind-alphago-marvin-minsky-award |website=siliconrepublic.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DeepMind team behind AlphaGo wins inaugural ‘Nobel Prize for AI’ |url=http://www.lionra.ie/feed-items/deepmind-team-behind-alphago-wins-inaugural-nobel-prize-for-ai/ |website=lionra.ie |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IJCAI 2018 Kicks Off; DeepMind AlphaGo Wins Marvin Minsky Medal |url=https://medium.com/syncedreview/ijcai-2018-kicks-off-deepmind-alphago-wins-marvin-minsky-medal-56ff073f2c38 |website=medium.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DeepMind wins the Minsky medal for AlphaGo |url=https://www.celi.it/en/blog/2017/10/deepmind-alphago-team-receive-inaugural-ijcai-marvin-minsky-medal/ |website=celi.it |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || November || Partnership || DeepMind announces a research partnership with the {{w|Cancer Research UK}} Center at {{w|Imperial College London}} with the goal of improving {{w|breast cancer}} detection by applying {{w|machine learning}} to {{w|mammography}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://siliconangle.com/blog/2017/11/24/google-deepmind-announces-new-research-partnership-fight-breast-cancer-ai/|title=Google DeepMind announces new research partnership to fight breast cancer with AI|date=24 November 2017|website=Silicon Angle}}</ref>
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| 2018 || February || Partnership || DeepMind announces that it is teaming with the [[w:United States Department of Veterans Affairs|U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]] in an attempt to use machine learning to predict the onset of acute kidney injury in patients, and also more broadly the general deterioration of patients during a hospital stay so that doctors and nurses can more quickly treat patients in need.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/22/googles-deepmind-wants-ai-to-spot-kidney-injuries/|title=Google's DeepMind wants AI to spot kidney injuries|date=22 February 2018|website=Venture Beat}}</ref>
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| 2018 || February || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind develops an artificial intelligence able to pass an important psychological assessment that most children only develop the skills to pass at around age 4.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Revell |first1=Timothy |title=DeepMind AI is learning to understand the ‘thoughts’ of others |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23731673-400-deepmind-ai-is-learning-to-understand-the-thoughts-of-others/ |website=newscientist.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Will A.I. Ever Be Smarter Than a Four-Year-Old? |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/will-ai-ever-be-smarter-than-four-year-old-180971259/ |website=smithsonianmag.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || May 9 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind develops a neural network loosely modeled on mammalian brains, that is better at navigating a maze than humans.<ref>{{cite web |title=DeepMind AI developed navigation neurons to solve a maze like us |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168406-deepmind-ai-developed-navigation-neurons-to-solve-a-maze-like-us/ |website=newscientist.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sample |first1=Ian |title=Google DeepMind's AI program learns human navigation skills |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/09/googles-ai-program-deepmind-learns-human-navigation-skills |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gent |first1=Edd |title=This DeepMind AI Spontaneously Developed Digital Navigation ‘Neurons’ Like Ours |url=https://singularityhub.com/2018/05/14/this-deepmind-ai-spontaneously-developed-navigation-neurons-like-ours/ |website=singularityhub.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Quach |first1=Katyanna |title=DeepMind: Get a load of our rat-like AI. 'Ere, look. It solves mazes and stuff |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/10/deepmind_rat_like_ai_mazes/ |website=theregister.co.uk |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || June 14 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind develops a neural network that teaches itself to ‘imagine’ a scene from different viewpoints, based on just a single image. The new type of computer vision algorithm can generate 3D models of a scene from 2D snapshots. It can tease out details from the static images to guess at spatial relationships, including the camera’s position. Dubbed a Generative Query Network (GQN), the system gets rid of labels and focuses on what's known as {{w|unsupervised learning}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whyte |first1=Chelsea |title=DeepMind’s AI can ‘imagine’ a world based on a single picture |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171675-deepminds-ai-can-imagine-a-world-based-on-a-single-picture/ |website=newscientist.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bogle |first1=Ariel |title=Who needs humans? Google's DeepMind algorithm can teach itself to see |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-06-15/googles-deepmind-algorithm-can-teach-itself-to-see/9861590 |website=abc.net |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=WIGGERS Wiggers |first1=KYLE Kyle |title=Google’s DeepMind develops AI that can render 3D objects from 2D pictures |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/14/googles-deepmind-develops-ai-that-can-render-3d-objects-from-2d-pictures/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Neural scene representation and rendering |url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6394/1204 |website=science.sciencemag.org |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || June 15 || Controversy || The DeepMind Health Independent Reviewers’ 2018 report warns about the potential for DeepMind Health to be able to “exert excessive monopoly power” as a result of the data access and streaming infrastructure that’s bundled with provision of the Streams app, which would position DeepMind as the access-controlling intermediary between the structured health data and any other third parties.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lomas |first1=Natasha |title=UK report warns DeepMind Health could gain ‘excessive monopoly power’ |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/15/uk-report-warns-deepmind-health-could-gain-excessive-monopoly-power/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lomas |first1=Natasha |title=Building health AIs should be UK ambition, says strategy review |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/31/building-health-ais-should-be-uk-ambition-says-strategy-review/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref>
| 2018 || July || {{w|AI}} development || Researchers from DeepMind train one of its systems to play the famous computer game ''{{w|Quake III Arena}}''.<ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/03/deepmind-ai-quake-iii-arena-human/ "DeepMind AI’s new trick is playing ‘Quake III Arena’ like a human"]. ''Engadget''. 3 July 2018.</ref>
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| 2018 || July 11 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind presents a paper titled "Measuring abstract reasoning in neural networks", which details its attempt to measure various {{w|AI}}s’ abstract reasoning capabilities, much like IQ tests for humans.<ref>{{cite web |last1=WIGGERS Wiggers |first1=KYLE Kyle |title=Google’s DeepMind developed an IQ test for AI models |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/07/11/googles-deepmind-developed-an-iq-test-for-ai-models/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Houser |first1=Kristin |title=DeepMind created an IQ test for AI, and it didn't do too well |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/07/deepmind-created-a-test-to-measure-an-ai-s-ability-to-reason/ |website=weforum.org |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || July 18 || Commitment || DeepMind, along with tech leaders, including {{w|Elon Musk}}, sign a pledge promising to not develop “lethal autonomous weapons.” They also call on governments to institute laws against such technology. The pledge is organized by the {{w|Future of Life Institute}}, an outreach group focused on tackling existential risks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vincent |first1=James |title=Elon Musk, DeepMind founders, and others sign pledge to not develop lethal AI weapon systems |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/18/17582570/ai-weapons-pledge-elon-musk-deepmind-founders-future-of-life-institute |website=theverge.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Locklear |first1=Mallory |title=DeepMind, Elon Musk and others pledge not to make autonomous AI weapons |url=https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/18/deepmind-elon-musk-pledge-autonomous-ai-weapons/ |website=engadget.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Quach |first1=Katyanna |title=Elon Musk, his arch nemesis DeepMind swear off AI weapons |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/19/keep_ai_nonlethal/ |website=theregister.co.uk |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || August 13 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind announces an AI capable of detecting over 50 eye diseases and making correct diagnoses 94.5% of the time after trial with {{w|Moorfields Eye Hospital}} in {{w|London}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=BURGESS Burgess |first1=MATT Matt |title=Now DeepMind's AI can spot eye disease just as well as your doctor |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/deepmind-moorfields-ai-eye-nhs |website=wired.co.uk |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Major |first1=Mario L. |title=AI System by Google’s DeepMind Can Diagnose Over 50 Common Eye Diseases |url=https://interestingengineering.com/ai-system-by-googles-deepmind-can-diagnose-over-50-common-eye-diseases |website=interestingengineering.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Éanna |title=DeepMind’s AI doctor predicted to transform eye disease diagnosis |url=https://sciencebusiness.net/news/deepminds-ai-doctor-predicted-transform-eye-disease-diagnosis |website=sciencebusiness.net |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Vincent |first1=James |title=DeepMind’s AI can detect over 50 eye diseases as accurately as a doctor |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/13/17670156/deepmind-ai-eye-disease-doctor-moorfields |website=theverge.com |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || September 26 || Partnership || DeepMind announces a partnership with {{w|Unity Technologies}} with the purpose to accelerate {{w|machine learning}} and artificial intelligence research. The new collaboration would focus on "virtual environments" that DeepMind can use to test and visualize experimental algorithms.<ref>{{cite web |title=DeepMind and Unity will work together on AI research |url=https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/26/deepmind-unity-ai-machine-learning-environments/ |website=engadget.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google's DeepMind teams with leading 3D game dev platform Unity |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-deepmind-teams-with-leading-3d-game-dev-platform-unity/ |website=zdnet.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=JOHNSON Johnson |first1=KHARI Khari |title=Google’s DeepMind and Unity join forces to create simulated environments for AI training |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/26/googles-deepmind-and-unity-join-forces-to-create-simulated-environments-for-ai-training/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How Google’s DeepMind will train its AI inside Unity’s video game worlds |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90240010/deepminds-ai-will-learn-inside-unitys-video-game-worlds |website=fastcompany.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || October 4 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind furthers cancer research and announces having been given access to {{w|mammogram}}s from roughly 30,000 women that were taken at {{w|Jikei University Hospital}} in {{w|Tokyo}}, {{w|Japan}} between 2007 and 2018. The data would be used to refine DeepMind's AI breast cancer detection algorithms.<ref>{{cite web |last1=WIGGERS Wiggers |first1=KYLE Kyle |title=DeepMind expands AI cancer research program to Japan |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/10/04/deepmind-expands-ai-cancer-research-program-to-japan/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shead |first1=Sam |title=Google DeepMind Given Access To Mammograms Of 30,000 Women By Japanese Hospital |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/samshead/2018/10/04/google-deepmind-given-access-to-mammograms-of-30000-women-by-japanese-hospital/#280652659baa |website=forbes.com |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || November 13 || Team || As part of a reorganization of its health care efforts, DeepMind announces that its health division and the Streams app would be absorbed into {{w|Google Health}}.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vincent |first=James |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/13/18091774/google-deepmind-health-absorbing-streams-team-ai-assistant-nurse-doctor|title=Google is absorbing DeepMind's health care unit to create an 'AI assistant for nurses and doctors' |work=The Verge |date=13 November 2018 |accessdate=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Vincent |first1=James |title=Google is absorbing DeepMind’s health care unit to create an ‘AI assistant for nurses and doctors’ |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/13/18091774/google-deepmind-health-absorbing-streams-team-ai-assistant-nurse-doctor |website=theverge.com |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || December 2 || {{w|AI}} development || DeepMind unveils AlphaFold, an algorithm able to predict the complex, three-dimensional shapes into which proteins can be folded. The prediction is based solely on their {{w|genetic sequence}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lomas |first1=Natasha |title=DeepMind claims early progress in AI-based predictive protein modelling |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/03/deepmind-claims-early-progress-in-ai-based-predictive-protein-modelling/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=WIGGERS Wiggers |first1=KYLE Kyle |title=Deepmind’s AlphaFold wins CASP13 protein-folding competition |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/03/deepminds-alphafold-wins-casp13-protein-folding-competition/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kahn |first1=Jeremy |title=Alphabet's DeepMind AI Algorithm Wins Protein-Folding Contest |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-03/alphabet-s-deepmind-ai-algorithm-wins-protein-folding-contest |website=bloomberg.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sample |first1=Ian |title=Google's DeepMind predicts 3D shapes of proteins |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/02/google-deepminds-ai-program-alphafold-predicts-3d-shapes-of-proteins |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref>
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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 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 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 DeepMind - STARCRAFT StarCraft II DEMONSTRATION 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>
| 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 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 DeepMind Examined AI NEURAL NET OVER HIGH SCHOOL MATHSNeural Net Over High School Maths, BUT LACKED SUCCESS 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>
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