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Billion-dollar coalition launches AI 'virtual cell' to accelerate biological discovery
science2 days ago

Billion-dollar coalition launches AI 'virtual cell' to accelerate biological discovery

Mark Zuckerberg’s Biohub has joined forces with Google, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the National Institutes of Health in a $1.8 billion initiative to create a 'universal virtual cell.' The project aims to generate massive biological datasets that allow AI to simulate cellular behavior, enabling scientists to test hypotheses digitally before conducting expensive physical experiments. While commercial partners receive a one-year exclusive data window, the ultimate goal is to open these resources to the public to accelerate medical breakthroughs.

via Axios|
#artificial-intelligence#biohub#biotechnology
Tech giants and US agencies pool $1.8B to build a digital twin of the human cell
science-and-tech2 days ago

Tech giants and US agencies pool $1.8B to build a digital twin of the human cell

Google DeepMind, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs have committed $300 million to Biohub’s 'Virtual Biology' initiative, joining the US Department of Energy and National Institutes of Health in a $1.8 billion effort to create a high-accuracy predictive model of the human cell. The project aims to generate massive AI datasets that allow researchers to simulate biological processes digitally, reducing the need for expensive physical lab experiments. Biohub, founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan in 2016, will lead the data generation, with commercial partners receiving a one-year exclusive access period before the data is released to the public scientific community.

via The Verge|
#artificial-intelligence#biohub#biomedical-research
DeepMind’s Lila Ibrahim Shifts Focus to Global AI Adaptation and Education
technology3 days ago

DeepMind’s Lila Ibrahim Shifts Focus to Global AI Adaptation and Education

Lila Ibrahim, formerly Google DeepMind’s chief operating officer, has transitioned to a new role as Chief AI Readiness Officer. Her mandate focuses on preparing workers, schools, and communities for the societal impacts of artificial intelligence rather than solely managing internal corporate operations. Ibrahim emphasizes that while AI capabilities are accelerating, the critical challenge lies in ensuring public agency and responsible integration. She advocates for early education in AI literacy and suggests that employees should begin using AI tools immediately to maintain relevance, noting that human judgment remains essential for tasks requiring complex thinking.

via CNBC|
#ai-readiness#education-policy#google-deepmind
Google's SynthID Bio Embeds Invisible Watermarks in AI-Designed Proteins to Boost Biosecurity
technology5 days ago

Google's SynthID Bio Embeds Invisible Watermarks in AI-Designed Proteins to Boost Biosecurity

Google DeepMind has introduced SynthID Bio, a new technology that embeds imperceptible watermarks into AI-generated protein sequences and 3D structures. Published in Nature on September 30, 2026, the system aims to verify the provenance of synthetic biological designs without compromising their biological function. By integrating with tools like ProteinMPNN and AlphaFold 3, SynthID Bio allows DNA synthesis providers to distinguish trusted AI designs from potentially hazardous unknowns, enhancing biosecurity and scientific integrity.

via Nature|
#ai-watermarking#biosecurity#google-deepmind
Google restricts Gemini 4 Argon to cyber defenders amid safety concerns
technology9 days ago

Google restricts Gemini 4 Argon to cyber defenders amid safety concerns

Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, its latest frontier AI model, but is limiting initial access to a select group of 'trusted cyber defenders' through the Fairwind Program. The model features an industry-leading 1 million token limit and demonstrates superior performance in software engineering, legal work, and cybersecurity defense compared to rivals from OpenAI and Anthropic. Google is coordinating with the U.S. government on pre-release safety evaluations to prevent misuse and misalignment before a broader rollout to developers and consumers.

via The Verge|
#ai-safety#cybersecurity#gemini-4-argon
Sergey Brin’s Quiet Hand in Google Gemini’s Push to Win the AI Race
technology1 month ago

Sergey Brin’s Quiet Hand in Google Gemini’s Push to Win the AI Race

Sergey Brin has grown into a decisive force over Google’s Gemini AI efforts, operating from a startup-like microkitchen hub and using close ties with key DeepMind leaders to streamline development and cut through bureaucracy. As DeepMind leadership shifts and Gemini faces talent churn, Brin’s deeper involvement signals a push to accelerate Gemini, potentially reshaping product strategy and timelines while preserving his outsized influence via Google’s dual-class structure.

via Business Insider|
#ai-leadership#corporate-bureaucracy#google-deepmind
Google Poised to Ship Coding-First Gemini Flash Amid DeepMind Pivot
artificial-intelligence1 month ago

Google Poised to Ship Coding-First Gemini Flash Amid DeepMind Pivot

Gizmodo, citing anonymous Wall Street Journal sources, reports Google DeepMind is close to releasing Gemini 3.8 Flash (aka Skimaki), a coding-first AI designed to run faster and cheaper than trillion-parameter models. The move follows Demis Hassabis stepping down as DeepMind CEO and signals a pivot toward more competitive coding-oriented AI, with Brin involved in accelerating shipping. Gemini Flash reportedly tested on an internal coding tool called Jetski and is said to outperform Claude Opus in coding tasks.

via Gizmodo|
#artificial-intelligence#demis-hassabis#gemini
Google recalibrates its AI push as Hassabis shifts toward AGI
technology2 months ago

Google recalibrates its AI push as Hassabis shifts toward AGI

Google is narrowing its AI strategy after Demis Hassabis steps back from day-to-day AI research to become Alphabet’s chief scientist and chair of DeepMind, with a senior vice-president taking the helm at the unit. The leadership shake-up follows the departure of four top AI engineers, including Jeff Dean, and signals a move to sharpen focus on Gemini and other frontier-AI efforts. The shift comes as competition tightens with Chinese models and rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic, and as industry interest grows in agent-based AI systems and AGI-driven applications across science, coding, and knowledge work. Hassabis says he wants more time to work on AGI, indicating Google’s leadership believes the next major milestone lies in more generalized, capable AI.

via Financial Times|
#artificial-general-intelligence#artificial-intelligence#demis-hassabis
Hassabis Poised to Swap CEO Desk for Scientist Role as Alphabet Reshapes AI Leadership
artificial-intelligence2 months ago

Hassabis Poised to Swap CEO Desk for Scientist Role as Alphabet Reshapes AI Leadership

An anonymously sourced Semafor report says Demis Hassabis has been planning to step down as Google DeepMind CEO for about a year to become Alphabet’s chief scientist, while remaining DeepMind chair and heading Alphabet’s AI drug‑discovery arm Isomorphic Labs. Alphabet confirmed a broader leadership shakeup to sharpen its AI strategy, with Hassabis continuing to influence DeepMind’s and AlphaFold’s ecosystem.

via Gizmodo|
#alphabet-inc#alphafold#artificial-intelligence
Hassabis Shifts to Alphabet Chief Scientist as DeepMind Leadership Reshapes AI Drive
technology2 months ago

Hassabis Shifts to Alphabet Chief Scientist as DeepMind Leadership Reshapes AI Drive

Demis Hassabis moves from day-to-day DeepMind leadership to Alphabet chief scientist while continuing to head Isomorphic Labs; Koray Kavukcuoglu becomes DeepMind's senior VP; Dean and Google senior fellow Sanjay Ghemawat launch Discovery Loop with Google as investor and cloud provider; the changes come amid talent exits and morale concerns as Google accelerates Gemini and AGI efforts.

via Axios|
#agi#alphabet#gemini
Gemini Robotics 2 Enables Google's AI to Control Humanoid Robots in the Real World
technology2 months ago

Gemini Robotics 2 Enables Google's AI to Control Humanoid Robots in the Real World

Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 fuses a vision-language model with two vision-language action models to let humanoid and other robots perceive scenes and perform tasks, as shown in demos with Apptronik Apollo 2. While it signals progress toward physical AGI, it also highlights safety risks and introduces guardrails and the ASIMOV-Agentic benchmark to measure potentially harmful or uncertain outcomes.

via WIRED|
#ai-safety#gemini-robotics#google-deepmind