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Demis Hassabis combines a background in game design, computer science and cognitive neuroscience.
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Demis Hassabis combines a background in game design, computer science and cognitive neuroscience. He co-founded DeepMind in 2010 and later led Google DeepMind. His work on AI for science includes AlphaFold, recognised by the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Hassabis and John Jumper share recognition for protein-structure prediction.
Source: Google DeepMindDeepMind and the Google Brain team are brought together under his leadership.
Source: Google DeepMindDeepMind’s system achieves a major result at the CASP14 assessment.
Source: WikipediaMore than 10 years ago.
He starts the London AI company with Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman.
Source: WikipediaHassabis completes doctoral research at University College London.
Source: WikipediaHe establishes a game-development company before returning to neuroscience.
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