Google DeepMind Dismantles AlphaFold Team, Redirects Researchers to Gemini
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-07-31
Google DeepMind has decided to dismantle its dedicated AlphaFold team, reassigning the researchers to the Gemini project and other scientific endeavors. This move signals a strategic shift in the company's AI resource allocation.
However, the AlphaFold tool itself and its massive protein structure database will remain available for public use.
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