Google is finally absorbing a healthcare business 10 months after the move was first announced

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DeepMind Health is now officially part of Google's dedicated healthcare unit, Google Health, which is headed up by big-name healthcare CEO David Feinberg.

The announcement comes one month after the DeepMind cofounder who had headed up its health business, Mustafa Suleyman, confirmed heThe integration brings DeepMind's controversial Streams app, a non-AI service that helps medical practitioners monitor patients with a kidney condition, under Google Health's management.Google has finally absorbed the healthcare unit of its artificial intelligence company DeepMind, the British company it acquired for £400 million in 2016.

The change means that DeepMind Health, the unit which focuses on using AI to improve medical care, is now part of Google's own dedicated healthcare unit. Google HealthDeepMind's clinical lead, Dominic King, announced the changeIt has taken some 10 months for the integration to happen.from the business for unspecified reasons. He has said he plans to return to DeepMind before the end of the year.

Suleyman spearheaded DeepMind's"applied" division, which focuses on the practical application of artificial intelligence in areas such as healthcare and energy. DeepMind's other cofounder and CEO, Demis Hassabis, is more focused on the academic side of the business and the firm's research efforts. One source with knowledge of the matter said Google planned to take more control of DeepMind's"applied" division, leaving Suleyman's future role at the business unclear. The shift would essentially leave DeepMind as a research-only organization, with Google focused on commercializing its findings."They've created a private university for AI in Britain," the person said.DeepMind cofounder, Mustafa Suleyman, who is on leave from the business.

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