Searching for Cancer Cures Is Part of Google's AI Story. It Deserves to Be More Than a Footnote
Commentary: Forget "Ask YouTube." Google should prioritize the AI work it's doing in science.
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One hour and 45 minutes into the Google I/O keynote, I suddenly sat upright in my chair. The CEO of Google DeepMind and Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs, Demis Hassabis, was on stage talking about Gemini for Science and the work his team is doing to solve meaty, difficult real-world problems with AI. It's important, compelling stuff, and I was hooked immediately.
In case you didn't stick around until the very end, here's what you need to know: Google is predicting the path of hurricanes to put early-warning systems in place at a time when climate change is making extreme weather more unpredictable than ever -- and as the government is defunding National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It's creating digital twins of the planet to tackle deforestation and food insecurity. It's in the preclinical...
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