BAKU/27.01.14/TURAN : Google is going to acquire StartUp to develop artificial intelligence DeepMind.
According to the portal Re / Code, Google representatives confirmed the deal, but it is not stipulated amount - on different information, it ranges from $ 400 to 500 million.
The company DeepMind is little known to townsfolk, but among its colleagues on the development of artificial intelligence it is considered to be a strong player . It was founded by 37-year-old Demis Hassabis, former childhood prodigy in chess, who then worked since 16 years old at the legendary game studio Bullfrog and Lionhead.
Now his company employs 50-75 people , investing in it $ 50 million , and on the level of developed technologies it can compete with Google and Facebook.
On the one hand , this is just one of the many promising members of StartUp, regularly bought by Google. On the other hand , against the background of recent acquisitions dozen manufacturers robotics necessarily think that Google apparently plans to engage seriously robots now , perhaps even " reasonable ." - 17D-
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