In a significant achievement, Google DeepMind's AlphaFold, an AI model that predicts the structure of proteins, has earned its creators, John Jumper and Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The model could revolutionize drug discoveries and the development of new materials. Elsewhere, Microsoft's AI-related business is expected to reach an annual run rate of $10 billion by the next quarter. Finally, Mark Zuckerberg's plans to build a nuclear power-based data center to support Meta's AI ambitions have been stalled due to the discovery of a rare species of bees on the proposed site.
Key takeaways:
- AI search startup Perplexity launched a platform to track election results and provide information about candidates, but it was reported to contain factual inaccuracies.
- AI-generated images making political endorsements have received millions of interactions on Facebook, with many of these pages managed by users based outside of the US.
- Netflix plans to use generative AI tools to help smaller teams build games faster, following the layoff of a team of 35 game developers.
- Google's AI project, Big Sleep, has discovered a previously unknown exploitable safety bug, marking the first time an AI agent has done this independently.