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Google DeepMind Team Disbands After AlphaFold Success

Updated 2026-08-07 14:55 UTC 1 source Neutral

Google's DeepMind team has disbanded after the artificial intelligence system successfully completed its primary task. Researchers outside of DeepMind are now leading the work on protein folding.

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Scientific American

Why Google DeepMind broke up the AlphaFold team

The artificial intelligence system largely accomplished the task it was built to solve, and researchers outside DeepMind have already been carrying its work forward

2026-08-07 13:00 UTC