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com/Christopher/Alamy Google Google buys neural network city guide creator Jetpac Artificial intelligence-based method of creating guides to cities using public photos appealed to Google’s drive for building smart systems Charles Arthur @charlesarthur Mon 18 Aug ‘14 14.
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 It did not yet have an app for Android.
 The purchase, for an undisclosed sum, points to Google’s growing interest in artificial intelligence applications as it seeks to grow offerings such as its Google Now personal assistant.
 This year it acquired the British AI company DeepMind for $400m.