“For that, we need to work with greater speed, stronger collaboration and execution, and to simplify the way we make decisions to focus on achieving the biggest impact.”
Google is folding the Brain team into DeepMind as one unit run by Demis Hassabis. Brain and DeepMind did the Transformer and deep reinforcement learning work that the rest of the industry turned into products. “Simplify the way we make decisions” means fewer research bets and more shipping. Google ran two rival AI labs for years and now wants one that ships.