Google DeepMind Releases AlphaGenome Atlas

(blog.google)

104 points | by utiiiD 1 hour ago

8 comments

  • jFmDRz73 2 minutes ago
    This Google blog post is a distilled version of a Deep Mind blog post:

    https://deepmind.google/blog/alphagenome-atlas-a-predictive-...

    They are only announcing a cache. The origin for the cache is not discussed.

    In particular, the question of whether to trust the predictions is not addressed. For that, I think the citation is from January:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10014-0

  • leopoldj 3 minutes ago
  • orliesaurus 1 minute ago
    the Google DeepMind PR team can't catch a break, shame it makes no sense to me - if someone's in the field maybe they could explain to the rest of us if this is a big deal, just a PR move, or nah?
  • asxndu 13 minutes ago
    I really love Deep Mind, its genuinely focused on using AI to make the world a better place.
    • dgellow 2 minutes ago
      No AI company is doing that. There is some benefits but that’s not what any AI for profit will ever focus upon
    • sssilver 8 minutes ago
      Be careful when loving shareholder-driven endeavors; they're a single executive decision away from breaking your heart.
  • fr2029 19 minutes ago
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  • mertcikla 47 minutes ago
    not my field so I can't judge how useful it is but assuming this data can be used for drug discovery and their ToS limiting to non-commercial use only. Does DeepMind plan on selling this data to pharmaceutical companies?
    • abirch 17 minutes ago
      Probably. I know Google has partnerships with Pharma: https://www.merck.com/news/merck-and-google-cloud-partner-to...
    • dekhn 25 minutes ago
      Individual SNP predictions are not useful for drug discovery. Pharma might license this, but mainly out of fear of missing out.
    • falcor84 41 minutes ago
      My understanding is that they already are, via Isomorphic Labs
    • bpodgursky 14 minutes ago
      It's a bigger deal for diagnostics than for drug development.
    • PunchTornado 37 minutes ago
      Hopefully. Tired, as a shareholder, to see the giveaways that deepmind is doing.
      • boston_clone 12 minutes ago
        Astroturfing, eh? This is verbatim the same comment as another user in this thread. Strange...
        • incognito124 6 minutes ago
          PunchTornado was first, fr2029 was second
  • parasxos 38 minutes ago
    An atlas of the human genome from the company whose other atlas still routes me into a lake.
  • WarmWash 4 minutes ago
    Google doing work to uncover the pandoras box of genetics? How long before they shove this under the rug...