#299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMind
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Decision to Open Source Alpha Fold
DeepMind has open-sourced AlphaFold and the data involved, which has been used by over 500,000 researchers worldwide for drug discovery and fundamental research. The company believes that there were so many downstream applications of AlphaFold that they couldn't even imagine them. It has been gratifying to see the research done using AlphaFold, which has helped in accelerating drug discovery. The companies are using AlphaFold to accelerate the development of the drugs they are working on.
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