Nobel Winners Hope Protein Work Will Spur 'Incredible' Breakthroughs

Americans David Baker and John Jumper, together with Briton Demis Hassabis, won the chemistry Nobel for cracking the code behind the structure of proteins, the building blocks of life (Credit: AFP)

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work revealing the secrets of proteins through artificial intelligence said Wednesday they hoped their research would "open the door to many incredible scientific breakthroughs".

But they also warned of the dangers of AI, saying that while it had "extraordinary potential for good", it could also have negative effects if allowed to develop unchecked.