Who is Demis Hassabis, the DeepMind founder who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry?
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Demis Hassabis won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Hassabis cofounded DeepMind, which Google acquired in
DeepMind focuses on AI applications that benefit society.
Demis Hassabis, the cofounder of the renowned artificial intelligence lab DeepMind, is recognized worldwide as one of the leading thinkers in his field.
Hassabis and his fellow DeepMind coworker, John Jumper, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their work on protein structure prediction.
The achievement follows decades of advancements Hassabis has made in science and technology.
Nicknamed the "superhero of artificial intelligence" by The Guardian in , Hassabis is a former child chess prodigy with degrees in computer science and cognitive neuroscience from