
Verily’s mental health leader Thomas Insel departs (updated)
Insel, who had headed up an initiative to develop new technologies to address anxiety and depression, has left Verily after less than two years with the life sciences arm of Alphabet.
Insel, who had headed up an initiative to develop new technologies to address anxiety and depression, has left Verily after less than two years with the life sciences arm of Alphabet.
"When you think about Google and data, people begin to wonder - is my search information going to be used as a mental health biomarker? Or to make a diagnosis? I don't think that's ever likely going to happen," Insel said.