DeepMind’s data deal with the NHS broke privacy law

An NHS Trust broke the law by sharing patient records with Google’s DeepMind division, the UK’s data watchdog has ruled. The long-awaited decision falls in line with the conclusion drawn by Dame Fiona Caldicott, the UK’s National Data Guardian in May. The pair’s agreement “failed to comply” with the Data Protection Act, according to the […]

DeepMind’s AlphaGo takes on world’s top Go player in China

Enlarge (credit: DeepMind) Humanity has been granted one last attempt to beat its artificially intelligent overlords: Ke Jie, the world’s top-ranked Go player, will face down against DeepMind’s AlphaGo in China in a three-game match starting May 23. The odds are not good for Ke Jie: back in January AlphaGo secretly played 51 online matches against some […]