Google’s DeepMind AI can now code better than humans

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google’s artificial intelligence division DeepMind has developed a powerful AI system capable of beating humans at competitive computer programming. I can’t wait to see what lies ahead.” Recommended Google DeepMind unveils AI that can master chess without even knowing the rules DeepMind hopes to develop it to help programmers improve their productivity, while also opening up the field to people who do not know how to write code but have ideas to create their own apps and programs. Competitive programmer Petr Mitichev, who works as a software engineer at Google, explained how the AI system uses a method of “random exploration” to create solutions. DeepMind CEO and founder Demis Hassabis said such breakthroughs were important steps towards the creation of general-purpose AI that is “able to deal with the messiness and complexity of the real world”.