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Google has made no secret of its overarching ambition to organise the world's information and make it accessible to anyone. And the healthcare industry has no shortage of such information, in any number of repositories and diverse formats, from MRI images to patient notes and data gathered from wearable devices. Google's DeepMind and the NHS: A glimpse of what AI means for the future of healthcare The Google subsidiary has struck a series of deals with organisations in the UK health service -- so what's really happening? Google has long sought to diversify its revenues streams away from search and advertising, the business it was founded on and which continues to make up the bulk of its revenue nearly 20 years later. So could health be the industry that helps the company to achieve that aim?