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AI was central to two of 2024’s Nobel prize categories. It’s a sign of things to come

The 2024 Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry have given us a glimpse of the future of science. Artificial intelligence (AI) was central to the discoveries honoured by both awards. You have to wonder what Alfred Nobel, who founded the prizes, would think of it all.

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Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry

The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and David Baker for using machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges: predicting the 3D shape of proteins and designing them from scratch.

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Google Deepmind founder shares Nobel prize in chemistry for AI that unlocks the shape of proteins

Google Deepmind founder shares Nobel prize in chemistry for AI that unlocks the shape of proteins

The 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their work on describing and predicting proteins with the help of computers. One half of the prize goes to David Baker from the University of Washington in the US “for computational protein design”, with the other half…

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Demis Hassabis: from video game designer to Nobel prize winner

Google DeepMind chief believes in benefits of AI but says risks must be taken as seriously as the climate crisis

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Google DeepMind leaders Hassabis and Jumper win Nobel Prize for Chemistry

It's clear that 2024 is the year of AI breaking into the world's most prestigious scientific awards.

British AI guru Sir Demis Hassabis who co-founded Google DeepMind wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Londoner who has has been at the forefront of the AI revolution, wins prize alongside two other scientists

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British computer scientist Sir Demis Hassabis awarded chemistry Nobel prize

London-born Sir Demis founded the AI start-up Google DeepMind.

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Google DeepMind exec says AI will increase efficiency so much it's expected to handle 50% of info requests in its legal department

Google DeepMind exec says AI will increase efficiency so much it's expected to handle 50% of info requests in its legal department

Executives are focusing on specific use cases that can be made more efficient by AI.

YouTube reveals new AI capabilities — here's how they work

YouTube reveals new AI capabilities — here's how they work

YouTube introduced new AI tools at Made on YouTube 2024 that can boost content and viewer engagement.

Here are 9 things you need to know about OpenAI's o1 model

Here are 9 things you need to know about OpenAI's o1 model

The new model shows impressive reasoning abilities, but is unlikely to give OpenAI a lasting advantage over rivals.

Google DeepMind workers protest over US military and defense contracts

Google DeepMind workers protest over US military and defense contracts

DeepMind criticized for its affiliation with Google’s military contracts.

A robot trained with AI to beat average randos at table tennis is a much more impressive thing than you might think

A robot trained with AI to beat average randos at table tennis is a much more impressive thing than you might think

Anyone who has spent hours battling with toolpaths and G-code will certainly be interested.

TechScape: Will OpenAI’s $5bn gamble on chatbots pay off? Only if you use them

TechScape: Will OpenAI’s $5bn gamble on chatbots pay off? Only if you use them

The ChatGPT maker is betting big, while Google hopes its AI tools won’t replace workers, but help them to work better

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12 game-changing moments in the history of AI

12 game-changing moments in the history of AI

From Alan Turing's seminal paper to the advent of ChatGPT, here are 12 pivotal moments in the history of artificial intelligence.

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Google's AI solved four out of six problems in one of the world's hardest maths competitions, equivalent to a silver medal standard 'in a certain sense'

*Rubs belly* Who's a good AI? You're a good AI. Yes you are. Yes you are.

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Google DeepMind takes step closer to cracking top-level maths

Team of two new AI systems score one point short of gold medal in global maths contest for gifted students

Google DeepMind just made another breakthrough in AI models that can do math

New achievement on International Mathematical Olympiad questions may point the way to improved math abilities for Google's commercial AI models as well as improved coding skills and more

OpenAI outlines plan for AGI — 5 steps to reach superintelligence

OpenAI has a five-step process for achieving AGI including giving it more access to the real world and greater freedom.

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Google's AI robots are learning from watching movies – just like the rest of us

Google DeepMind is teaching robots embedded with Gemini AI models how to move and carry out tasks using training videos.

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Current AIs only have the IQ level of a cat, asserts Google DeepMind CEO

The CEO of Google DeepMind has compared the IQ levels of contemporary artificial intelligence and domestic cats. However, AI is progressing fast, with some huge cash and compute investments propelling it forward.

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Google claims new AI training tech is 13 times faster and 10 times more power efficient — DeepMind's new JEST optimizes training data for impressive gains

DeepMind researchers have published their findings on the JEST technique, allowing large language models to be trained at significantly improved speed and efficiency. It remains to be seen whether companies will adopt it to keep power draw low, or crank things to the max.

Google’s DeepMind 'V2A' AI technology can create soundtracks for videos based on both their pixels and your text prompts

If you currently write music for picture, you might want to stop reading now

Pro comedians tried using ChatGPT and Google Gemini to write their jokes – these were the hilariously unfunny results

A new Google DeepMind study followed a number of pro comedians who tried to use AI to write jokes –with mixed results.

AI-generated movies will be here sooner than you think – and Google DeepMind's new tool proves it

Google DeepMind's new tool can generate soundtracks, audio, and dialogue for AI videos –and that's an explosive combination.

Google’s Next Magic Trick Is Making AI Sound for Your Generative Videos

The Google DeepMind AI laboratory revealed its video-to-audio tool that can generate synced audio for any type of AI video.

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