An Artificial Intelligence Predicted the Shape of Nearly Every Known Protein
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Everyone knows the sci-fi movie cliche of an artificial intelligence program inevitably slipping down a villainous path. Thankfully, when it's not scripted by a Hollywood screenwriter, a super smart AI isn't all bad.
On Thursday, Alphabet-owned, UK-based AI firm DeepMind revealed that its AlphaFold algorithm has effectively predicted the shape of nearly every protein known to science, which could rapidly accelerate drug discovery and breakthroughs in biology. They're giving away the database to anyone for free.
Source Fool.com
