John Jumper, a Nobel Prize-winning Google DeepMind artificial intelligence scientist, is leaving the company for Anthropic. “After nearly 9 years, I have decided to leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic,” Jumper posted on the social media platform X Friday (June 19). “Demis Hassabis took a...
The mouse pointer hasn’t changed much since 1984. Google DeepMind thinks that’s the problem. For most of computing history, the pointer has tracked where users look. Google now wants it to understand what they see. The company calls the concept AI Pointer, a cursor that...
Google DeepMind inked a licensing agreement with voice artificial intelligence startup Hume AI, Wired reported Thursday (Jan. 22). As part of the deal, DeepMind will hire Hume CEO Alan Cowen and several of the company’s top engineers, the report said. The deal is the latest...
Meta, Microsoft and Google DeepMind each detailed new artificial intelligence initiatives this week, underscoring how the technology is becoming a regular part of product strategies rather than a separate experiment. The announcements spanned consumer platforms, workplace software and governance frameworks, showing how AI is being...
May 15, 2024
Google unveiled a range of artificial intelligence (AI) advancements at its annual developer conference Tuesday (May 14), including more sophisticated analysis powered by Gemini, smarter assistants like Astra, and an infusion of AI into its dominant search engine, marking one of the most dramatic changes to the company’s foundation since its inception and potentially triggering […]
April 02, 2024
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a heated debate among experts, with some warning that the hype surrounding the technology may be overshadowing genuine scientific advancements. DeepMind...
August 26, 2026
Google is moving its “AI responsibility” unit out of Google DeepMind and into Google’s global affairs organization, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Aug. 26), citing an internal email. The AI responsibility unit includes 90 people and has teams focused on the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risks of Google’s AI models; the ways people interact with AI; and the […]
June 21, 2026
John Jumper, a Nobel Prize-winning Google DeepMind artificial intelligence scientist, is leaving the company for Anthropic. “After nearly 9 years, I have decided to leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic,”...
January 22, 2026
Google DeepMind inked a licensing agreement with voice artificial intelligence startup Hume AI, Wired reported Thursday (Jan. 22). As part of the deal, DeepMind will hire Hume CEO Alan Cowen...
September 25, 2025
Google DeepMind introduced two artificial intelligence models to help developers build robots that can understand their environment and perform complex tasks. The new models build upon the Gemini Robotics models...