Google’s artificial intelligence company DeepMind has unveiled a powerful new AI system called AlphaFold 3 that can predict the 3D structure of proteins with unprecedented accuracy. This breakthrough could accelerate the development of new drugs and treatments for diseases. AlphaFold 3 uses deep learning to predict a protein’s 3D shape from its amino acid sequence, a problem that has long stumped scientists. The new system is twice as accurate as the previous version and can predict structures in a matter of minutes. DeepMind plans to share AlphaFold 3’s structure predictions for nearly all proteins known to science, which could help researchers better understand the building blocks of life. The AI’s ability to rapidly and accurately predict protein structures could lead to new insights into diseases and potential treatments. However, experts caution that predicting a protein’s shape is just the first step, and much work remains to determine its function and interactions with other molecules.
Source: https://time.com/6975934/google-deepmind-alphafold-3-ai/