Google buys artificial intelligence firm DeepMind

Google said on Monday that it had agreed to buy British artificial intelligence start-up company DeepMind for an undisclosed amount. "I can confirm that the acquisition has indeed gone ahead but unfortunately we are not commenting beyond that for now," a Google spokeswoman told AFP. Reports put the deal at between 400 million and 500 million (292-365 million euros). On its one-page website, DeepMind describes itself as "a cutting edge artificial intelligence company" which combines "the best techniques from machine learning and systems neuroscience to build powerful general-purpose learning algorithms". Artificial intelligence can help computers "think" in ways similar to the way humans think and help solve problems.