Team behind AI program AlphaFold win Lasker science prize

Award for work on shapes of proteins raises prospect of AI research earning a Nobel for first timeResearchers behind Google DeepMind ’sAlphaFold program have landed one of the most prestigious prizes in science for solving a grand challenge in biology that stood for half a century.Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, who led the development of AlphaFold, an artificial intelligence program, share the $250,000 Lasker basic medical research award for their “revolutionary technology” to predict the 3D shapes of proteins.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 21, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Biology Science prizes DeepMind Artificial intelligence (AI) Technology Source Type: news