DeepMind’s Hassabis Sees AI-Designed Drug Trials This Year

Demis Hassabis during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, on Jan. 21.Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg
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Google DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic Labs expects research of drugs it designed using artificial intelligence will begin this year, according to its Nobel Prize-winning chief executive officer.

“We’ll hopefully have some AI-designed drugs in clinical trials by the end of the year,” Demis Hassabis, who leads both Alphabet Inc. subsidiaries, said on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “That’s the plan.”