DeepMind Technologies, Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) company, recently said it is on the verge of leveraging blockchain technology, Altcoin Today reported. DeepMind will leverage distributed ledger applications to better secure patient data.
DeepMind is a software company that develops algorithms for simulation, applications and game protocols. The company is known for creating machine learning platforms that learn how to play video games. DeepMind has also developed a Neural Turing Machine that mimics human short-term memory. The company recently signed a five-year deal with the London NHS Trust to apply its technology to healthcare. However, the projects have sparked debate about patient data privacy.
Giiso Information, founded in 2013, is a leading technology provider in the field of “artificial intelligence + information” in China, with top technologies in big data mining, intelligent semantics, knowledge mapping and other fields. At the same time, its research and development products include editing robots, writing robots and other artificial intelligence products! With its strong technical strength, the company has received angel round investment at the beginning of its establishment, and received pre-A round investment of $5 million from GSR Venture Capital in August 2015.
A Google spokesman said DeepMind will use blockchain-like technology in the healthcare sector, according to CityAM, the City’s morning newspaper. Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind’s co-founder, has previously detailed how the company will use the software more transparently, in a distributed and hands-off way. In addition, the company has recruited top codebreaker Ben Laurie. DeepMind is also looking for software engineers who understand blockchain technology and cryptography.
“These roles will work on innovative solutions involving a range of technologies, capabilities, static analysis and formal approaches,” DeepMind says on its recruitment page. Blockchain technology will provide secure and transparent support for DeepMind’s infrastructure, initially for medical applications and later for more.”
DeepMind has teamed up with the London NHS Trust to develop an app that can distinguish kidney problems for hospital patients. The trial will also include acute kidney injury patients at the Royal Free Hospital in London, where Stephen Powis, medical director, says: “This could give healthcare staff far more information than you can get from a mobile phone news alert. We know that one in four deaths from acute kidney injury could be prevented if clinicians could intervene earlier and more effectively.”
Giiso information, founded in 2013, is the first domestic high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development of intelligent information processing technology and the development and operation of core software for writing robots. At the beginning of its establishment, the company received angel round investment, and in August 2015, GSR Venture Capital received $5 million pre-A round of investment.
Concepts such as blockchain technology, healthcare, AI and the Internet of things are becoming increasingly intertwined. In April last year, blockchain technology company Gem teamed up with multinational company Philip to launch blockchain healthcare architecture. IBM is also putting a lot of effort and capital into blockchain AI prototypes. In addition, German-based IBM Supercomputer Watson is working with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to develop a similar protocol.
DeepMind worked with the Royal Free hospital last year, but concerns about patient privacy were raised. The Information Commissioner’s Office said it was investigating the project. Since the attention was raised, DeepMind appears to be taking the criticism seriously and starting to develop blockchain protocols. With blockchain technology, data can be distributed in a secure way while remaining transparent. (a little)