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AI Explained: Zero-Shot Learning Pushes AI Capabilities
artificial intelligence // October 21, 2024

A new breed of artificial intelligence is emerging, capable of tasks it was never explicitly taught. This technology, known as zero-shot learning, is pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities and raising questions about the future of machine intelligence. OpenAI’s GPT-4, for example, is a language model...

This Week in AI: Tech Titans Debut AI for Healthcare, Video Production and eCommerce
artificial intelligence // October 18, 2024

This past week, Adobe, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Tesla launched artificial intelligence (AI) innovations in video production, drug discovery, healthcare, eCommerce and autonomous transport. These advancements promise increased efficiency and reduced costs, but experts are pondering their effects on human roles and regulatory frameworks. Adobe’s...

Google’s Drug Discovery LLM Signals Shift Toward Industry-Specific Approach
artificial intelligence // October 16, 2024

Google DeepMind has developed an AI model to predict key properties of potential drugs, aiming to accelerate pharmaceutical research. The new Tx-LLM (Therapeutic Large Language Model) model exemplifies a shift toward specialized artificial intelligence tools for specific industries. This targeted approach could prove more valuable...

AI Pioneers and Protein Designer Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Innovation // October 09, 2024

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday (Oct. 9) awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three scientists whose work in computational protein design and structure prediction could lead to breakthroughs in drug development, materials science and biotechnology. David Baker of the University of...

Quick Reads
Google DeepMind: New AI Models Can Earn Silver Medal in Math Olympiad

July 25, 2024
Google DeepMind introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) models and said they correctly answered four out of six questions in a math competition that has become a benchmark measuring the capabilities of AI systems. The new AI models are a reinforcement-learning based system for formal math reasoning called AlphaProof and a new version of the company’s geometry-solving […]

Google Reportedly Moving DeepMind From Research to AI Products

June 18, 2024
Google’s move to combine its AI teams has reportedly left employees feeling frustrated. As Bloomberg Businessweek reported Monday (June 17), about two dozen Google employees interviewed say the company’s artificial...

OpenAI, Google DeepMind Employees Look to Voice Concerns About AI

June 04, 2024
A group of current and former employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind have reportedly signed a public letter calling for protection from retaliation when sharing concerns about the “serious risks”...

Google Consolidates AI-Building Teams Across Research and DeepMind

April 18, 2024
Google is consolidating the teams that focus on building artificial intelligence (AI) models across Google Research and Google DeepMind.  All this work will now be done within Google DeepMind, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google...