DeepMind研究副总裁称科学团队并未转向
谷歌DeepMind研究副总裁Pushmeet Kohli于7月30日表示,实验室的科学团队并未转向。此前《金融时报》报道称,该团队已重新分配了原始AlphaFold论文的大部分作者。

7月30日,Kohli在X上发帖称,DeepMind科学团队根本没有转向,反而扩大了工作范围。他列举了蛋白质功能、基因组解码、从头设计蛋白质和酶,以及由Gemini驱动、旨在加快研究进度的智能体。他说,谷歌DeepMind的文化是让科学家自主决定追逐哪些难题。
《金融时报》报道了什么
《金融时报》7月29日报道称,DeepMind已解散AlphaFold团队,依据是对近期人员变动和公司内部人士的分析。报道称,过去一年里,原始AlphaFold论文的大多数作者已被重新分配岗位。这些论文的DeepMind全职作者中,近四分之一已彻底离开公司。
Engadget报道称,DeepMind向《金融时报》确认,员工已在内部转岗至以Gemini为重点的项目。公司还确认了转岗至Isomorphic Labs、酶设计、核聚变和基因组学的情况。据GIGAZINE援引《金融时报》报道,AlphaFold本身及相关服务不会停止。
诺奖得主与离职者
Demis Hassabis和John Jumper因AlphaFold的工作获得2024年诺贝尔化学奖。Jumper在6月宣布离开DeepMind,加入Anthropic。AlphaFold核心研究员Jonas Adler和Alexander Pritzel也转投Anthropic,后者已推出面向生物学和药物发现的Claude Science工作台。
Jumper和Adler此前被调往Code Strike,这是谷歌为缩小与Anthropic和OpenAI在编程领域差距而设立的内部团队。一名DeepMind员工告诉《金融时报》,这三个人是“关键、重要、核心的成员”,他们的离开“在公司内部引发了意外”。
战略转变
Kohli向《金融时报》表示,实验室的方法已经改变。“过去九年,我们的战略一直聚焦于重大挑战……每个项目都围绕一个具体目标,”他说。“战略已经演进。”DeepMind称,现在不再为每个问题配备一个团队,而是构建由Gemini驱动的系统来协助科学家,并最终自动化部分研究流程。
DeepMind发言人告诉Engadget,AlphaFold背后的许多研究人员“如今仍在推动谷歌、谷歌DeepMind和Isomorphic Labs的科学与技术进展”。
AlphaFold留下了什么
AlphaFold免费的蛋白质结构预测支持着全球的药物发现和疾病研究。DeepMind于2018年启动AlphaFold。2020年,AlphaFold 2被认定为50年蛋白质折叠问题的解决方案,能在几分钟而非几年内预测三维结构。AlphaFold数据库让研究人员免费获取超过2亿条预测。在该模型出现之前,科学家用X射线和核磁共振在50年间解析了约17万种蛋白质的结构。
Isomorphic Labs是DeepMind于2021年分拆出的药物发现部门,与诺华和礼来有合作。
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