Just as swapping a single letter can alter an entire word, in the language of DNA, swapping a single amino acid can alter an entire protein. These swaps are called missense variants. An average person has over 9,000 missense variants – most benign, but even one can cause disease
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AlphaMissense AI System Classifies Genetic Mutations Benign or Harmful
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Excited to share #AlphaMissense our new AI system that can classify whether genetic mutations (missense variants) are benign or harmful – a critical step toward uncovering causes of many diseases, from cystic fibrosis to cancer. In @ScienceMagazine today https://
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AI Accelerating Scientific Research and Discovery Across Disciplines
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Great piece from @TheEconomist covering a huge range of ways AI is helping to accelerate scientific research & discovery in everything from fundamental physics to wildlife conservation.
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Free AI Model Identifies Sight-Threatening Diseases and Health Conditions
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Huge congrats to @pearsekeane & teams at @INSIGHTeyehub @Moorfields @UCLeye
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Discussing AI Future Projects with Will
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Loved talking to @iamwill for his upcoming project on AI! Thanks Will for the great conversation – always fun to talk to you about the future
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Advanced AI in Gaming: Future Possibilities with Modern Technology
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It was the most advanced AI we could build at the time (back in those days the best AI was found in games imo), but I dream about what kinds of incredible games could be made with today's modern AI… might have to scratch that itch that at some point…
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TIME100AI Recognition Honors Leading AI Research Leaders
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Honoured to be on the #TIME100AI list and congratulations to my wonderful colleagues James Manyika, @ShaneLegg
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Artists Visualize AI Impact Through Google DeepMind Collaboration
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As AI continues to advance, art and creativity will be critical in helping us better visualise and understand the technology. Check out #VisualisingAI a @GoogleDeepMind collaboration with artists to create images exploring AI and its impact on society https://t.co/jQZpiuIpJW pic.twitter.com/SQ1KRndqlg
— Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) 5 septembre 2023As AI continues to advance, art and creativity will be critical in helping us better visualise and understand the technology. Check out #VisualisingAI a @GoogleDeepMind collaboration with artists to create images exploring AI and its impact on society https://
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SynthID: Technical Solution for AI Safety and Misinformation
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While #SynthID isn’t a silver bullet for misinformation, it’s a promising technical solution to some of today’s pressing AI safety issues
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Google SynthID Watermarking Beta Launches for Imagen Users
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For now #SynthID will be available to a small group of Vertex AI customers using Imagen, @Google
’s text-to-image model. This beta release will help us gather the feedback we need to continue improving the tool & bring watermarking to more Google products