Google DeepMind scientists Demis Hassabis and John Jumper today won this years Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
This prize represents the promise of computational biology, Jumper said during a press conference on Wednesday.
Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2014.
Jumper was appointed director last year.
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It has supported multiple areas of research, from projects on malaria vaccines and Parkinsons treatments to drug-resistant bacteria.
AlphaFold2s immediate impact is accelerated research, Jumper said during the press conference.
I hope this means that, ultimately, we will be more responsive to, for example, pandemics.
Hassabis said hes dedicated his life to AI because it could improve the lives of billions of people.
However, he cautioned that artificial intelligence can do both good and bad.
Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou
Ioanna is a writer at TNW.
With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.
