DeepMind alum wants to use AI to speed the development of green materials

Before launching Orbital Materials, Godwin spent three years researching advanced material discovery at DeepMind, Google’s AI lab. That lab released AlphaFold, a model to predict protein structures that could speed up the search for new drugs and vaccines. That, coupled with the rapid takeoff of tools like ChatGPT, convinced him that AI would soon be capable of conquering the material world. — Reuters

Ever since ChatGPT went viral last fall, companies have touted many ways artificial intelligence can make our lives easier. They’ve promised superhuman virtual assistants, tutors, lawyers and doctors.

What about a superhuman chemical engineer?