10 ways Google's DeepMind uses AI across the globe

DeepMind has attracted mixed headlines since Google paid $50 million for the U.K.-based AI startup in 2014. The awe inspired by DeepMind's AlphaGo system defeating Go world champion Lee Sedol was soon tempered by criticisms of its controversial access to personal health records, which the ICO ruled had breached the Data Protection Act, and the concerns grew when Google announced it would be taking control of DeepMind Health. Trust has wavered ever since, but the AI developed in the DeepMind lab in King's Cross, London, continues to lead the world and is finding its way into some intriguing applications. DeepMind is collaborating with Google's AOI health research team and a group of research institutions, led by the Cancer Research U.K. Centre at Imperial College London to improve the detection of breast cancer. The disease kills 500,000 people around the world every year, partly due to the challenges of detection and diagnosis.