DeepMind hands off role as health app provider to parent Google

DeepMind's recent foray into providing software as a service to U.K. hospitals has reached the end of its run. The Google -owned AI division has just announced it will be stepping back from providing a clinical alerts and task management healthcare app to focus on research -- handing off the team doing the day to day delivery of the Streams to its parent, Google. Announcing the move in a blog post entitled "Scaling Streams with Google," DeepMind's co-founders write: "Our vision is for Streams to now become an AI-powered assistant for nurses and doctors everywhere -- combining the best algorithms with intuitive design, all backed up by rigorous evidence.