DeepMind organises its AI researchers into 'strike teams' and 'frontiers'

The company, which is on a mission to "solve intelligence," has hired some of the brightest minds in the world, including academics from Oxbridge and research scientists from firms like Facebook and Microsoft. Exactly how DeepMind's researchers work together has been something of a mystery but the FT story sheds new light on the matter. Researchers at DeepMind are divided into four main groups, including a "neuroscience" group and a "frontiers" group, according to the report. The frontiers group is said to be full of physicists and mathematicians who are tasked with testing some of the most futuristic AI theories. "We've hired 250 of the world's best scientists, so obviously they're here to let their creativity run riot, and we try and create an environment that's perfect for that," DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told the FT.