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Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini (www.engadget.com)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

So this may be why Google is closing AlphaFold; AI is already doing it.

If you have no idea what Alphafold is, why comment on it. Fucking Lemmy....

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[–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 month ago*

What I mean is I thought it was implied that AlphaFold is shutting down because Gemini can simply continue the work better.

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