Google DeepMind Scientists Share Nobel for AI Protein Work
- Demis Hassabis, John Jumper share half the $1.1 million award
- Remainder goes to David Baker for building new proteins
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Two Google DeepMind scientists shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry with a US professor for their breakthrough research into proteins.
Half of the 11 million-krona ($1.1 million) award will be split by DeepMind chief executive officer, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper, a senior research scientist at the company, a unit of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm said in a statement Wednesday.