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source_timestamps: ["§ 4. Platform leadership: Shape the norms."]
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canonical_url: "deepmind.com"
source_url: "https://hbr.org/2026/01/match-your-ai-strategy-to-your-organizations-reality"
source_title: "Match Your AI Strategy to Your Organization's Reality"
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sourceTitle: "Match Your AI Strategy to Your Organization’s Reality"
---
# Google (DeepMind Health)

**Role: failure case in [[concept-platform-leadership]] due to a breach of trust — the anchor for [[claim-trust-platform-leadership]].** Google's DeepMind Health partnered with UK hospitals to develop diagnostic models. While technologically promising, it was revealed that DeepMind accessed **millions of NHS records without proper patient consent**. The resulting public backlash caused the initiative to lose momentum and be absorbed into Google Health. *(Enrichment: the Royal Free London / Streams app case drew ICO scrutiny over an inappropriate legal basis for data sharing — a governance/consent failure, not a model-performance failure.)*