Google AI's Pilar Manchón on AI for cancer detection, crystal discovery and dolphin communication
pilarmanchon · x · 2026-10-28
Pilar Manchón, Director of Engineering & Research Strategy for Conversational Systems at Google AI, delivered her 'Metamorfosis' talk at the 4th Andalusia AI Congress in Granada, showcasing Google Research's AI for Science work: AlphaFold 3 (200M+ structure predictions, 3M+ researchers, 50,000+ papers), AlphaProteo designing novel proteins for drug design and sustainable manufacturing, plus applications in cancer detection, new crystal discovery, and communicating with dolphins.
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