en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_AI
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Google AI is a subsidiary of Google DeepMind
Google’s own materials describe Google.ai as a Google-wide AI effort, not a subsidiary of Google DeepMind. Current Google pages present Google AI and Google DeepMind as separate Google properties.
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Google’s launch post for Google.ai says it was created in 2017 to “pulls all our AI initiatives into one effort”. That is Google’s description of a cross-company initiative, not a subsidiary of Google DeepMind.
Google’s current official sites also present Google AI and Google DeepMind as distinct Google properties. On the Google AI site, users are invited to “Build with cutting-edge Google DeepMind models,” and the footer separately lists Google AI, Google DeepMind, Google Labs, and Google Research. That setup is inconsistent with the claim that Google AI itself is a subsidiary of Google DeepMind.
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- Making AI work for everyone
“That’s the motivation behind Google.ai, which pulls all our AI initiatives into one effort...”
- Our AI journey and milestones - Google AI
The page says “Build with cutting-edge Google DeepMind models” and separately lists “Google AI,” “Google DeepMind,” “Google Labs,” and “Google Research.”
15 November 2010 (2010-11-15)
Google.ai was announced on May 17, 2017, not in 2010. The 2010 date matches DeepMind’s founding, not the launch of Google AI.
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Google’s own launch post says Google.ai was introduced on May 17, 2017 at Google I/O: Sundar Pichai wrote that Google.ai was the new effort that “pulls all our AI initiatives into one effort.”
Google DeepMind’s official history also separates the earlier labs from Google.ai: it says DeepMind started in 2010 and Google Brain started in 2011. So the article’s 2010 founding date appears to conflate Google AI with one of its predecessor organizations, rather than the Google.ai initiative itself.
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- Making AI work for everyone
May 17, 2017 ... “That’s the motivation behind Google.ai, which pulls all our AI initiatives into one effort...”
- About Google DeepMind - Google DeepMind
“DeepMind started in 2010...” and “Google Brain started in 2011 at X, the moonshot factory...”
such as Zurich, Paris, Israel, and Beijing.
Beijing should not be listed as a current Google AI research location. Google says its AI China Center was disbanded and that it does not conduct AI research in China.
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Google’s own update on the Google AI China Center directly contradicts the implication that Beijing is still one of Google AI’s research locations. The page now states that the center launched in 2017 was “disbanded two years later” and adds: “We do not conduct AI research in China.”
So a present-tense list of Google AI research facilities that includes Beijing is outdated and inaccurate.
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- Opening the Google AI China Center
UPDATE: While Google announced the launch of a small AI Center in 2017, it was disbanded two years later. We do not conduct AI research in China.