DeepMind unveils 'spectacular' general-purpose science AI

DeepMind says that AlphaEvolve has helped to improve the design of AI chips.Credit: Christian Ohde/IMAGO via Alamy Google DeepMind has used chatbot models to come up with solutions to major problems in mathematics and computer science. The system, called AlphaEvolve, combines the creativity of a large language model (LLM) with algorithms that can scrutinize the model’s suggestions to filter and improve solutions. It was described in a white paper released by the company on 14 May. DeepMind hits milestone in solving maths problems — AI’s next grand challenge “The paper is quite spectacular,” says Mario Krenn, who leads the Artificial Scientist Lab at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany. “I think AlphaEvolve is the first successful demonstration of new discoveries based on general-purpose LLMs.” As well as using the system to discover solutions to open maths problems, DeepMind has already applied the artificial intelligence (AI) technique to its ow ... Read full article.