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Google has found another use for DeepMind's machine learning software after buying the London artificial intelligence lab for a reported £400 million in 2014. Later this year, the search giant will roll out two new DeepMind-built Android features that are designed to improve battery life and optimise screen brightness levels. The features will be available to people with devices running the Android P operating system. The features -- announced during the Google I/O developer conference -- were built by a unit called "DeepMind for Google," which focuses on applying DeepMind's technology to Google products. The same unit has also helped Google to reduce energy use in its data centres, optimise recommendations in Google Play, and improve the speech for Google Assistant users and Google Cloud Platform users.