Google DeepMind — Description: 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper (Google DeepMind) for AlphaFold, with David Baker (University of Washington) for separate work on protein design
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- Google DeepMind
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- 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper (Google DeepMind) for AlphaFold, with David Baker (University of Washington) for separate work on protein design
- As Of
- October 2024
- Notes
- First Nobel Prize awarded primarily for industrial AI research; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announcement October 9, 2024
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1 src · 1 checkNoteThe source directly confirms all key facts in the claim: (1) The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper; (2) Baker received the prize for protein design work (1/2 share); (3) Hassabis and Jumper received the other half jointly (1/4 each) for protein structure prediction (AlphaFold); (4) The source is from nobelprize.org, the official source. The claim's characterization of Hassabis and Jumper as 'Google DeepMind' is not contradicted by the source (which doesn't specify their affiliations in the excerpt, but this is a known fact). The announcement date of October 9, 2024 is consistent with the source being from the official Nobel Prize website. The claim's description of this as 'the first Nobel Prize awarded primarily for industrial AI research' is a characterization/interpretation not directly addressed in the source text, but the core factual claims about the laureates and their work are confirmed.