What is DeepMind?

DeepMind is an artificial intelligence technology that uses machine learning to solve problems that computers haven't traditionally been able to tackle, such as beating humans at the game Go and predicting the myriad ways in which proteins can fold themselves into functional shapes. DeepMind's tech is already used in real-world applications. For example, it plays a role in slashing energy use at computing data centers and optimizing phone battery life. The company DeepMind began as a London-based startup in 2010 and was acquired by Google in 2014. In September 2022, scientists from DeepMind won the $3 million Breakthrough Prize for their work on the protein-prediction program AlphaFold.