Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder to lead new AI division
by Dan Milmo Global technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#6KFR5)
British tech pioneer Mustafa Suleyman will be chief executive of organisation focusing on consumer products and research
Microsoft has appointed the co-founder of the British artificial intelligence lab DeepMind as the head of a new AI division.
Mustafa Suleyman, 39, co-founded DeepMind with Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg in 2010 and the company went on to be bought by Google for 400m in 2014. It now forms the core of Google's AI efforts after merging with another unit to become Google DeepMind in 2023.
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