DeepMind, a subsidiary of Google, has announced the opening of 2.2 million new materials, equivalent to “800 years of knowledge.” According to Google DeepMind’s blog, the discovery includes 380,000 stable materials that have potential applications in future technologies such as computer chips, batteries, and solar panels. The breakthrough was achieved using the neural network tool Gnome (Graph Networks for Materials Exploration), and the results have been published in the scientific journal Nature.
In their blog, Amil Merchant and Ekin Dogus Cubuk from DeepMind said, “Using Gnome, we have increased the number of technologically viable materials known to humanity. We have identified materials that could serve as the foundation for future transformative technologies, including superconductors and more efficient batteries for electric vehicles.”
Furthermore, Gnome allowed DeepMind to bypass centuries of painstaking experiments typically required to discover new materials. The blog emphasizes the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in revolutionizing the process of material discovery and shaping the future of the industry.
External researchers have independently validated DeepMind’s results by creating 736 new materials using Gnome.
DeepMind is an artificial intelligence technology that utilizes machine learning to solve complex problems. Founded in London in 2010, it was acquired by Google in 2014 and is currently a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
Source: Nature
Original Article: Google DeepMind Blog