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DeepMind Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman Placed on Leave (extremetech.com)
3 points by lowdose on Aug 23, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



What AI projects are so controversial a founder is place on leave or is this just about Google high jacking his operation?

> DeepMind has been vague about the situation, but Bloomberg claims the move stems from controversy over some of Suleyman’s projects.


Apparently used electronic medical records from a hospital in England without proper permissions, which got DeepMind into hot water with the government.




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