DeepMind introduces a new machine learning model to improve Google Maps

If you are one of those who start their journey by setting the route on Google Maps, Google brings you a better version of Google Maps. DeepMind, the London-based AI lab owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, has developed a new Machine Learning algorithm to combine live traffic conditions with historical traffic patterns for more accurate Estimated Time of Arrival(ETA). This data includes live traffic information collected anonymously from Android devices, historical traffic data, information like speed limits, and factors like quality, size, and direction. DeepMind has reduced the percentage of prediction inaccuracies drastically. In one of the test models, the prediction errors dropped by less than 51%.