Understanding the biological picture of life
For more than a decade, Google researchers have been building AI technology to help scientists achieve what once seemed impossible, from forecasting floods to mapping the connections in the human brain. It took thirteen years and $3 billion to sequence the very first human genome. Now, we can sequence humans, animals and plants in a matter of days, with a few thousand dollars and with stellar accuracy. AI tools developed by Google, like DeepPolisher, DeepVariant and DeepConsensus played an important role in these improvements, and what once felt like a moonshot is within reach: a comprehensive catalogue that encapsulates a complete biological picture of life, changing science as we know it.
The technologies we build at Google have the strongest impact when scientists use them to solve real-world problems. To further the important mission of the Vertebrate Genome Lab and Earth BioGenome Project, Google.org recently named The Rockefeller University as a recipient of the AI for Science fund to expand the above number to 150 additional species — all to be openly released to the scientific community and public.
