Google DeepMind Is Using Machine Learning to Cut Its Energy Usage

In 2014, Google acquired the artificial intelligence startup DeepMind, but it wasn't cheap. With a price tag of 500M, there must have been something special that Google saw in DeepMind that was worth acquiring. While the company hasn't produced any actual products for commercial use, they have focused on machine learning. Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence that aims to provide computers with the ability to learn new information without being directed to do so. Machine learning involves the development of computer programs that have the ability to teach themselves to grow and alter themselves when presented with new data.