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DeepMind, Google’s artificial intelligence division has been allowed access to patients’ data of three London hospitals run by Royal Free Trust. The data in encrypted form will be used to develop an app capable of alerting doctors about someone’s possible kidney injury. However, patients’ rights groups have criticized the move since the data may be used for any other purposes.

The EU competition commission is going to frame charges following complaints from four Google rivals for prioritizing own apps in Androids. Google has denied the allegations since consumers are allowed to choose apps for their own devices. If Google is found guilty, it may have to count monetary penalty while reviewing its existing business policy.

The artificial intelligence in a self-driving car can be treated as a human driver from the legal perspecrive, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ruled in a decision that could set an important precedent for Google's own self-driving car.