Google DeepMind Co-Founder Placed on Leave From AI Lab
- Mustafa Suleyman is head of applied artifical intelligence
- He led heavily criticized unit focusing on AI and healthcare
Mustafa Suleyman
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The co-founder of DeepMind, the high-profile artificial intelligence lab owned by Google, has been placed on leave after controversy over some of the projects he led.
Mustafa Suleyman runs DeepMind’s “applied” division, which seeks practical uses for the lab’s research in health, energy and other fields. Suleyman is also a key public face for DeepMind, speaking to officials and at events about the promise of AI and the ethical guardrails needed to limit malicious use of the technology.