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Research
How undesired goals can arise with correct rewards
As we build increasingly advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems, we want to make sure they don’t pursue undesired goals. Such behaviour in an AI agent is often the result of specification...
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Science
Discovering novel algorithms with AlphaTensor
In our paper, published today in Nature, we introduce AlphaTensor, the first artificial intelligence (AI) system for discovering novel, efficient, and provably correct algorithms for fundamental...
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Science
Fighting osteoporosis before it starts
Detecting signs of disease before bones start to break
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Science
Understanding the faulty proteins linked to cancer and autism
Helping uncover how protein mutations cause diseases and disorders
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Science
Solving the mystery of how an ancient bird went extinct
Creating a tool to study extinct species from 50,000 years ago
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Building safer dialogue agents
In our latest paper, we introduce Sparrow – a dialogue agent that’s useful and reduces the risk of unsafe and inappropriate answers. Our agent is designed to talk with a user, answer questions,...
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Science
Targeting early-onset Parkinson’s with AI
Predictions that pave the way to new treatments
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Company
How our principles helped define AlphaFold’s release
Our Operating Principles have come to define both our commitment to prioritising widespread benefit, as well as the areas of research and applications we refuse to pursue. These principles have...
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Company
Maximising the impact of our breakthroughs
Colin, CBO at DeepMind, discusses collaborations with Alphabet and how we integrate ethics, accountability, and safety into everything we do.
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Research
In conversation with AI: building better language models
Our new paper, In conversation with AI: aligning language models with human values, explores a different approach, asking what successful communication between humans and an artificial...
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Research
From motor control to embodied intelligence
Using human and animal motions to teach robots to dribble a ball, and simulated humanoid characters to carry boxes and play football
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Research
Advancing conservation with AI-based facial recognition of turtles
We came across Zindi – a dedicated partner with complementary goals – who are the largest community of African data scientists and host competitions that focus on solving Africa’s most pressing...