Alle afleveringen van Google DeepMind: The Podcast

From deepfakes to DNA: the science of watermarking AI

1 oktober 2026 · 38 min

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Learn how invisible, mathematical watermarks help trace AI provenance, protect against misuse, and safeguard protein sequence design without impacting biological function. Lees meer

Timecodes:

00:00 Introduction

00:34 What is a watermark?

04:35 SynthID

15:16 Images and video

19:28 SynthID Bio

28:00 Future of resilience

Learn more about SynthID Bio: https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-synthid-bio/

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Can AI help us better predict the weather?

9 september 2026 · 44 min

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Can artificial intelligence solve one of science’s most chaotic physics puzzles? In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry sits down with Peter Battaglia, Senior Director of Research at Google DeepMind, to explore how machine learning is transforming global weather forecasting. From providing critical early warnings for Category 5 storms like Hurricane Melissa to predicting renewable energy supply and agricultural impacts, see how models like GraphCast and WeatherNext 3 are building upon decades of numerical physics to reshape our understanding of the atmosphere. Lees meer

Learn more about WeatherNext 3, our most advanced global weather AI model yet: https://deepmind.google/science/weathernext/

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:38 Hurricane Melissa

11:50 Why weather forecasting is hard

14:13 Traditional models vs AI models

21:55 Probabilistic forecasting

26:00 WeatherNext 3

33:00 Future outlook

43:44 Hannah's reflections

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The mathematics of AI uncertainty

26 augustus 2026 · 45 min

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Now, if you ask an AI a question, it will usually give you an absolute answer with unwavering authority, even if that answer turns out to be wrong. In fact, today's AI seems to be missing a fundamental human trait: self-doubt. Long before the current wave of large language models, one academic researcher was trying to give machines a sense of their own limitations. Zoubin Ghahramani has spent the last 30 years pioneering a type of intelligence built on the mathematics of uncertainty. Today, as a professor at Cambridge and VP of Research at Google DeepMind, Zoubin finds himself at the heart of another interesting debate: will improving machine uncertainty be one of the missing pieces to ever improving AI? Lees meer

Timecodes:

00:00 Introduction

01:06 The role of uncertainty

07:45 Correctness vs confidence

09:40 Historical perspectives

16:10 Bayesian thinking in AI

26:30 Uncertainty in the real world

36:42 Future research and AGI

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Understanding the inner thoughts of AI

10 juli 2026 · 53 min

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Neel and his team are trying to do something phenomenally difficult: understand an intelligence that didn't come with a manual. Together, they explore the cutting-edge "neuroscience" of artificial intelligence—revealing the surprising, elegant structures being discovered inside these networks (like spare autoencoders), the inherent limits of looking under the hood, and why interpretability is absolutely essential if we are to build safe, aligned and trustworthy AI as we move towards AGI. Learn more about this area of research via https://deepmind.google/ Lees meer

Timecodes

00:00 Introduction

02:41 Motivation for interpretability research

04:01 Mechanistic interpretability

08:14 Chain of thought monitoring

18:14 Interpretability techniques

35:00 Auditing models for safety

48:53 What comes next for interpretability

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When millions of AI agents meet

23 juni 2026 · 43 min

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00:00 Intro

1:07 Defining AI agents

4:44 Agentic exploration in science and research

15:46 Delegation between agents

22:46 Agentic security and traps

29:31 Building an agentic economy

33:22 Cognitive monoculture

36:29 Distributed intelligence

To read the research, search for: Distributional AGI Safety, May 2026 Intelligent AI Delegation, February 2026 Virtual Agent Economies, September 2025

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10 Years of AlphaGo: The Turning Point for AI | Thore Graepel & Pushmeet Kohli

10 maart 2026 · 54 min

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Seoul, March 2016. Two players sit hunched over a 19x19 grid covered in a sea of black and white stones. They are playing the ancient game of Go - a game of unimaginable complexity long thought impossible for a machine to master. On one side is Lee Sedol (Sae Dol), a legendary 18-time Go world champion. On the other, AlphaGo, a neural network based AI system built on a powerful technique called reinforcement learning. In the blink of an eye, the world changed. Exactly one decade later, we look back at the match that sparked the modern AI revolution. From algorithmic discovery to the solving of scientific grand challenges like protein folding, the foundation was laid right there on that wooden board. Lees meer

Join Hannah Fry, Pushmeet Kohli (VP, Science) and Thore Graepel (AlphaGo team & Distinguished Research Scientist) as they unpick the legacy of AlphaGo.

🎥 AlphaGo https://youtu.be/WXuK6gekU1Y

🎥 The Thinking Game: https://youtu.be/d95J8yzvjbQ

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The Future of Intelligence with Demis Hassabis (Co-founder and CEO of DeepMind)

16 december 2025 · 50 min

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Thanks for joining us this year. Lees meer

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The Arrival of AGI with Shane Legg (co-founder of DeepMind)

11 december 2025 · 48 min

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AlphaFold: Grand Challenge to Nobel Prize with John Jumper

28 november 2025 · 47 min

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Learn more about AlphaFold: https://deepmind.google/science/alphafold/ Lees meer

Watch the story behind AlphaFold in The Thinking Game, now available for free: https://youtu.be/d95J8yzvjbQ

Thank you to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Audio engineer: Richard Courtice

Video editor: Anthony Le

Audio engineer: Perry Rogantin

Visual identity: Rob Ashley

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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Waymo: The future of autonomous driving with Vincent Vanhoucke

6 november 2025 · 49 min

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Learn more about Waymo: https://waymo.com/ Lees meer

Thank you to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Audio engineer: Richard Courtice

Video editor: Anthony Le

Audio engineer: Perry Rogantin

Visual identity: Rob Ashley

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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Pt.2 Beyond Phishing: Cyber Threats in the Age of AI with Four Flynn

16 oktober 2025 · 26 min

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In part two, Hannah and Four tackle the human element at the heart of cybersecurity: Who are the bad actors, and what motivates them? They dissect the evolving strategies designed to stop social engineering attacks - like passkeys and risk-based authentication - and confront the complex security and privacy challenges that may be introduced by autonomous agents. Please leave us a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts if you enjoyed
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Pt.1 Beyond Phishing: Cyber Threats in the Age of AI with Four Flynn

9 oktober 2025 · 46 min

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Genie 3: An Infinite World Model with Shlomi Fruchter and Jack Parker-Holder

22 augustus 2025 · 57 min

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In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry speaks with Jack Parker-Holder and Shlomi Fruchter about Genie 3, a general-purpose world model that can generate an unprecedented diversity of interactive environments. The conversation covers how this model's auto-regressive nature allows for the creation of consistent, explorable worlds from text or image prompts, and how its capabilities differ from video generation models like Veo. Lees meer

Further reading

Genie 3

SIMA, A generalist AI agent for 3D virtual environments

SIMA, Google DeepMind: The Podcast

xLand

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A Whistle Stop Tour of AI Creation with Paige Bailey

10 juli 2025 · 30 min

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This week's episode is a slight departure from our usual deep dives. Join Paige Bailey, DevRel lead, as she guides Hannah Fry though some of her favorite AI tools. Having spent years understanding the 'what' of these models, Hannah finally gets to experience the 'how’ – from generating prompts and 'vibe coding', to creating her own version of the infamous spaghetti meme. Lees meer

Learn more and try the tools yourself:

Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/

Google Labs: https://labs.google/

AI Studio: https://aistudio.google.com/

Veo 3: https://deepmind.google/models/veo/

Flow: https://labs.google/flow/

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Audio engineer: Richard Courtice

Production Manager: Dan Lazard

Studio Manager: Nicholas Duke

Video Director: Bernardo Resende

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Camera and Lighting Operator: Robert Messere

Production Coordination: Zoey Roberts, Sarah Ellen Morton

Visual Identity and Design: Rob Ashley

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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The Nature of AI: Solving the Planet's Data Gap with Drew Purves

19 juni 2025 · 40 min

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A Quest for a Cure: AI Drug Design with Isomorphic Labs

5 juni 2025 · 45 min

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In this episode, host Hannah Fry is joined by Max Jaderberg and Rebecca Paul of Isomorphic Labs to explore the future of drug discovery in the age of AI. They discuss how new technology, particularly AlphaFold 3, is revolutionizing the field by predicting the structure of life’s molecules, paving the way for faster and more efficient drug discovery. Lees meer

They dig into the immense complexities of designing new drugs: How do you find the right molecular key for the right biological lock? How can AI help scientists understand disease better and overcome challenges like drug toxicity? And what about the diseases that are currently considered “undruggable”? Finally, they explore the ultimate impact of this technology, from the future of personalised medicine to the ambitious goal of being able to eventually design treatments for all diseases.

Further reading:

AlphaFold 3: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07487-w

AlphaFold Server: https://alphafoldserver.com/

Isomorphic Labs: https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/

AlphaFold 3 code and weights: https://github.com/google-deepmind/alphafold3

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Audio engineer: Richard Courtice

Production Manager: Dan Lazard

Studio Manager: Nicholas Duke

Video Director: Bernardo Resende

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Camera and Lighting Operator: Robert Messere

Production Coordination: Zoey Roberts, Sarah Ellen Morton

Visual Identity and Design: Rob Ashley

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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Redefining Robotics with Carolina Parada

22 mei 2025 · 45 min

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In this episode, Hannah is joined by Carolina Parada, Senior Director and Head of Robotics at Google DeepMind. They explore the recent leap forward in robotic capabilities, highlighting advancements in multimodal understanding and embodied reasoning, which enable robots to interact with the physical world with unprecedented generality. Lees meer

They dig into the two-system approach - ‘slow and fast thinking‘ - that enables both complex reasoning and rapid, reactive movements. Using examples from robots learning dexterous tasks such as tying shoelaces to adapting to entirely new scenarios in real-time, Parada highlights how key breakthroughs in understanding, dexterity, and control are now coming together to rapidly advance robotics unlike ever before.

AI and the Future of Health with Joelle Barral

8 mei 2025 · 37 min

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In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry interviews Joelle Barral, Senior Director of Research at Google DeepMind, about AI in healthcare. They discuss existing AI applications including image analysis for diabetic retinopathy and the expansion of diagnostic tools as a result of multi-modal models. The conversation highlights AI's potential to improve healthcare delivery, personalize treatment, expand access worldwide, and ultimately, bring back the joy of practicing medicine. Lees meer

Further reading:

Med-Gemini

AMIE

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music: Eleni Shaw

Audio Engineer: Richard Courtice

Production Manager: Dan Lazard

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke Video

Director: Bernardo Resende

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Camera and Lighting Operator: Robert Messere

Production Coordination: Zoey Roberts, Sarah Ellen Morton

Visual Identity and Design: Rob Ashley

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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Consciousness, Reasoning and the Philosophy of AI with Murray Shanahan

24 april 2025 · 40 min

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In this episode, Hannah is once again joined by Murray Shanahan, Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London and Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind, for a philosophical deep dive on AI. They explore everything from consciousness and metacognition in animals, to symbolic AI and neural networks. Murray also shares insights into his involvement with the film 'Ex Machina' and discusses the idea of reasoning, anthropomorphism, and the future of AI. Lees meer

Is Human Data Enough? With David Silver

10 april 2025 · 50 min

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In this episode of Google DeepMind: The Podcast, VP of Reinforcement Learning, David Silver, describes his vision for the future of AI, exploring the concept of the "era of experience" versus the current "era of human data". Using AlphaGo and AlphaZero as examples, he highlights how these systems surpassed human capabilities by engaging in reinforcement learning without prior human knowledge. This approach contrasts with large language models, which depend on human data and feedback. Silver emphasizes the need to explore this path to drive AI progress and achieve artificial superintelligence. Lees meer

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:50 Era of experience

03:45 AlphaZero

10:19 Move 37

15:20 Reinforcement learning and human feedback

24:30 AlphaProof

29:50 Math Olympiads

35:00 Experience based methods

42:56 Hannah's reflections

44:00 Fan Hui joins

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Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Series Editor: Rami Tzabar

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music Composition: Eleni Shaw

Audio Engineer: Richard Courtice

Production Manager: Dan Lazard

Video Director and Editor: Bernardo Resende

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Camera and Lighting Operator: Robert Messere

Production Coordination: Zoey Roberts, Sarah Ellen Morton

Visual Identity and Design: Rob Ashley

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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Project Astra: Exploring a Universal AI Assistant with Greg Wayne

20 december 2024 · 46 min

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In our final episode for the year, we explore Project Astra, a research prototype exploring future capabilities of a universal AI assistant that can understand the world around you. Host Hannah Fry is joined by Greg Wayne, Director in Research at Google DeepMind. They discuss the inspiration behind the research prototype, its current strengths and limitations, as well as potential future use cases. Hannah even gets the chance to put Project Astra's multilingual skills to the test. Lees meer

Gemini 2.0 and the Evolution of Agentic AI with Oriol Vinyals

12 december 2024 · 49 min

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In this episode, Hannah is joined by Oriol Vinyals, VP of Drastic Research and Gemini co-lead. They discuss the evolution of agents from single-task models to more general-purpose models capable of broader applications, like Gemini. Vinyals guides Hannah through the two-step process behind multi modal models: pre-training (imitation learning) and post-training (reinforcement learning). They discuss the complexities of scaling and the importance of innovation in architecture and training processes. They close on a quick whirlwind tour of some of the new agentic capabilities recently released by Google DeepMind. Lees meer

Note: To see all of the full length demos, including unedited versions, and other videos related to Gemini 2.0 head to YouTube.

Future reading/watching:

Gemini 2.0

Decoding Google Gemini with Jeff Dean

Gaming, Goats & General Intelligence with Frederic Besse

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Camera Director and Video Editor: Bernardo Resende

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Video Production Design: James Barton

Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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The Balancing Act: Regulation & AI with Nicklas Lundblad

5 december 2024 · 53 min

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There is broad consensus across the tech industry, governments and society, that as artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in every aspect of our world, regulation will be essential. But what does this look like? Can it be adopted without stifling innovation? Are current frameworks presented by government leaders headed in the right direction? Lees meer

Join host Hannah Fry as she discusses these questions and more with Nicklas Lundblad, Director of Public Policy at Google DeepMind. Nicklas emphasises the importance of a nuanced approach to regulation, focusing on adaptability and evidence-based policymaking. He highlights the complexities of assessing risk and reward in emerging technologies, advocating for a focus on harm reduction.

Inside NotebookLM with Raiza Martin and Steven Johnson

26 november 2024 · 44 min

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NotebookLM is a research assistant powered by Gemini that draws on expertise from storytelling to present information in an engaging way. It allows users to upload their own documents and generate insights, explanations, and—more recently—podcasts. This feature, also known as audio overviews, has captured the imagination of millions of people worldwide, who have created thousands of engaging podcasts ranging from personal narratives to educational explainers using source materials like CVs, personal journals, sales decks, and more. Lees meer

Join Raiza Martin and Steven Johnson from Google Labs, Google’s testing ground for products, as they guide host Hannah Fry through the technical advancements that have made NotebookLM possible. In this episode they'll explore what it means to be interesting, the challenges of generating natural-sounding speech, as well as exciting new modalities on the horizon.

Further reading

Try NotebookLM here

Read about the speech generation technology behind Audio Overveiws: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/pushing-the-frontiers-of-audio-generation/

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Camera Director and Video Editor: Daniel Lazard

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Alex Baro Cayetano, Daniel Lazard

Video Production Design: James Barton

Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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AI for Science with Sir Paul Nurse, Demis Hassabis, Jennifer Doudna, and John Jumper

21 november 2024 · 54 min

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Join Professor Hannah Fry at the AI for Science Forum for a fascinating conversation with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. They explore how AI is revolutionizing scientific discovery, delving into topics like the nuclear pore complex, plastic-eating enzymes, quantum computing, and the surprising power of Turing machines. The episode also features a special 'ask me anything' session with Nobel Laureates Sir Paul Nurse, Jennifer Doudna, and John Jumper, who answer audience questions about the future of AI in science. Lees meer

Watch the episode here, and catch up on all of the sessions from the AI for Science Forum here.

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The Ethics of AI Assistants with Iason Gabriel

11 november 2024 · 44 min

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Imagine a future where we interact regularly with a range of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) assistants — and where millions of assistants interact with each other on our behalf. These experiences and interactions may soon become part of our everyday reality. Lees meer

In this episode, host Hannah Fry and Google DeepMind Senior Staff Research Scientist Iason Gabriel discuss the ethical implications of advanced AI assistants. Drawing from Iason's recent paper, they examine value alignment, anthropomorphism, safety concerns, and the potential societal impact of these technologies.

Timecodes:

00:00 Intro

01:13 Definition of AI assistants

04:05 A utopic view

06:25 Iason’s background

07:45 The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants paper

13:06 Anthropomorphism

14:07 Turing perspective

15:25 Anthropomorphism continued

20:02 The value alignment question

24:54 Deception

27:07 Deployed at scale

28:32 Agentic inequality

31:02 Unfair outcomes

34:10 Coordinated systems

37:10 A new paradigm

38:23 Tetradic value alignment

41:10 The future

42:41 Reflections from Hannah

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Camera Director and Video Editor: Daniel Lazard

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Video Production Design: James Barton

Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson

Production support: Mo Dawoud

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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AI in the Classroom with Irina Jurenka

23 oktober 2024 · 40 min

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How human should an AI tutor be? What does ‘good’ teaching look like? Will AI lead in the classroom, or take a back seat to human instruction? Will everyone have their own personalized AI tutor? Join research lead, Irina Jurenka, and Professor Hannah Fry as they explore the complicated yet exciting world of AI in education. Lees meer

Further reading:

Towards Responsible Development of Generative AI for Education: An Evaluation-Driven Approach

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Camera Director and Video Editor: Daniel Lazard

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Video Production Design: James Barton

Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson

Production support: Mo Dawoud

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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AI: Supercharging Scientific Exploration with Pushmeet Kohli

9 oktober 2024 · 47 min

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In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry sits down with Pushmeet Kohli, VP of Research at Google DeepMind to discuss AI’s impact on scientific discovery. They go on a whirlwind tour of scientific projects, touching on recent breakthroughs in AlphaFold, material science, weather forecasting, and mathematics to better understand how AI can enhance our scientific understanding of the world. Lees meer

Further reading:

Millions of new materials discovered with deep learning

GraphCast: AI model for faster and more accurate global weather forecasting

AlphaFold: A breakthrough unfolds (S2,E1)

AlphaGeometry: An Olympiad-level AI system for geometry

AI achieves silver-medal standard solving International Mathematical Olympiad problems

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Camera Director and Video Editor: Tommy Bruce

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Video Production Design: James Barton

Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson

Production support: Mo Dawoud

Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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Gaming, Goats & General Intelligence with Frederic Besse

25 september 2024 · 40 min

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Games are a very good training ground for agents. Think about it. Perfectly packaged, neatly constrained environments where agents can run wild, work out the rules for themselves, and learn how to handle autonomy. In this episode, Research Engineering Team Lead, Frederic Besse, joins Hannah as they discuss important research like SIMA (Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent) and what we can expect from future agents that can understand and safely carry out a wide range of tasks - online and in the real world. Lees meer

Further reading:

SIMA

RTX & RT2

Interactive Agents

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Production support: Mo Dawoud

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Camera Director and Video Editor: Tommy Bruce

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Video Production Design: James Barton

Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson

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Decoding Google Gemini with Jeff Dean

11 september 2024 · 53 min

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Professor Hannah Fry is joined by Jeff Dean, one of the most legendary figures in computer science and chief scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research. Jeff was instrumental to the field in the late 1990s, writing the code that transformed Google from a small startup into the multinational company it is today. Hannah and Jeff discuss it all - from the early days of Google and neural networks, to the long term potential of multi-modal models like Gemini. Lees meer

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Production support: Mo Dawoud

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Camera Director and Video Editor: Tommy Bruce

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Video Production Design: James Barton

Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson

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AI Safety...Ok Doomer: with Anca Dragan

28 augustus 2024 · 38 min

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Building safe and capable models is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Can we make AI work for everyone? How do we prevent existential threats? Why is alignment so important? Join Professor Hannah Fry as she delves into these critical questions with Anca Dragan, lead for AI safety and alignment at Google DeepMind. Lees meer

For further reading, search "Introducing the Frontier Safety Framework" and "Evaluating Frontier Models for Dangerous Capabilities".

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios

Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif

Production support: Mo Dawoud

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Camera Director and Video Editor: Tommy Bruce

Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Video Production Design: James Barton

Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson

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AI: Your New Creative Muse? with Douglas Eck

14 augustus 2024 · 41 min

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Professor Hannah Fry is joined by Google DeepMind's senior research director Douglas Eck to explore AI's capacity for true creativity. They delve into the complexities of defining creativity, the challenges of AI generated content and attribution, and whether AI can help us to connect with each other in new and meaningful ways. Lees meer

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Further reading:

Veo

Imagen

SynthID

An update on web publisher controls (Google-Extended)

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Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

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Series Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios

Commissioner and Producer: Emma Yousif

Production support: Mo Dawoud

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Camera Director and Video Editor: Tommy Bruce

Audio Engineer: Darren Carikas

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Video Production Design: James Barton

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Unreasonably Effective AI with Demis Hassabis

14 augustus 2024 · 50 min

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It has been a few years since Google DeepMind CEO and co-founder, Demis Hassabis, and Professor Hannah Fry caught up. Lees meer

In that time, the world has caught on to artificial intelligence—in a big way. Listen as they discuss the recent explosion of interest in AI, what Demis means when he describes chatbots as ‘unreasonably effective’, and the unexpected emergence of capabilities like conceptual understanding and abstraction in recent generative models.

Demis and Hannah also explore the need for rigorous AI safety measures, the importance of responsible AI development, and what he hopes for as we move closer towards artificial general intelligence.

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Further reading:

Gemini

Project Astra

Google I/O 2024

Scaling Language Models: Methods, Analysis & Insights from Training Gopher

LaMDA: our breakthrough conversation technology

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Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:

Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Series Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios

Commissioner and Producer: Emma Yousif

Production support: Mo Dawoud

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Camera Director and Video Editor: Tommy Bruce

Audio Engineer: Darren Carikas

Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke

Video Editor: Bilal Merhi

Video Production Design: James Barton

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The promise of AI with Demis Hassabis

15 maart 2022 · 30 min

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Hannah wraps up the series by meeting DeepMind co-founder and CEO, Demis Hassabis. In an extended interview, Demis describes why he believes AGI is possible, how we can get there, and the problems he hopes it will solve. Along the way, he highlights the important role of consciousness and why he’s so optimistic that AI can help solve many of the world’s major challenges. As a final note, Demis shares the story of a personal meeting with Stephen Hawking to discuss the future of AI and discloses Hawking’s parting message. Lees meer

For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com.

Interviewee: Deepmind co-founder and CEO, Demis Hassabis

Credits

Presenter: Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Production support: Jill Achineku

Sounds design: Emma Barnaby

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton

Editor: David Prest

Commissioned by DeepMind

Thank you to everyone who made this season possible!

Further reading:

DeepMind, The Podcast: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/welcome-to-the-deepmind-podcast

DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis on its breakthrough scientific discoveries, WIRED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WRow9FqUbw

Riemann hypothesis, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis

Using AI to accelerate scientific discovery by Demis Hassabis, Kendrew Lecture 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm-VkgVX-2o

Protein Folding & the Next Technological Revolution by Demis Hassabis, Bloomberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhd4ENh5ON4

The Algorithm, MIT Technology Review: https://forms.technologyreview.com/newsletters/ai-the-algorithm/

Machine learning resources, The Royal Society: https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/education-skills/teacher-resources-and-opportunities/resources-for-teachers/resources-machine-learning/

How to get empowered, not overpowered, by AI, TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LRwvU6gEbA

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Fair for all

1 maart 2022 · 33 min

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AI needs to benefit everyone, not just those who build it. But fulfilling this promise requires careful thought before new technologies are built and released into the world. In this episode, Hannah delves into some of the most pressing and difficult ethical and social questions surrounding AI today. She explores complex issues like racial and gender bias and the misuse of AI technologies, and hears why diversity and representation is vital for building technology that works for all. Lees meer

For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com.

Interviewees: DeepMind’s Sasha Brown, William Isaac, Shakir Mohamed, Kevin Mckee & Obum Ekeke

Credits

Presenter: Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Production support: Jill Achineku

Sounds design: Emma Barnaby

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton

Editor: David Prest

Commissioned by DeepMind

Thank you to everyone who made this season possible!

Further reading:

What a machine learning tool that turns Obama white can (and can’t) tell us about AI bias, The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/21298762/face-depixelizer-ai-machine-learning-tool-pulse-stylegan-obama-bias

Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study

Ethics & Society, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/about/ethics-and-society

Row over AI that 'identifies gay faces', BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41188560

The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

AI takes root, helping farmers identify diseased plants, Google: https://www.blog.google/technology/ai/ai-takes-root-helping-farmers-identity-diseased-plants/

How Can You Use Technology to Support a Culture of Inclusion and Diversity?, myHRfuture: https://www.myhrfuture.com/blog/2019/7/16/how-can-you-use-technology-to-support-a-culture-of-inclusion-and-diversity

Scholarships at DeepMind: https://www.deepmind.com/scholarships

AI, Ain’t I a Woman? Joy Buolamwini, YouTube: htt…

Me, myself and AI

22 februari 2022 · 36 min

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AI doesn’t just exist in the lab, it’s already solving a range of problems in the real world. In this episode, Hannah encounters a realistic recreation of her voice by WaveNet, the voice synthesising system that powers the Google Assistant and helps people with speech difficulties and illnesses regain their voices. Hannah also discovers how ‘deepfake’ technology can be used to improve weather forecasting and how DeepMind researchers are collaborating with Liverpool Football Club, aiming to take sports to the next level. Lees meer

For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com.

Interviewees: DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, Raia Hadsell, Karl Tuyls, Zach Gleicher & Jackson Broshear; Niall Robinson of the UK Met Office

Credits

Presenter: Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Production support: Jill Achineku

Sounds design: Emma Barnaby

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton

Editor: David Prest

Commissioned by DeepMind

Thank you to everyone who made this season possible!

Further reading:

A generative model for raw audio, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/wavenet-generative-model-raw-audio

WaveNet case study, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/research/case-studies/wavenet

Using WaveNet technology to reunite speech-impaired users with their original voices, DeepMind:| https://deepmind.com/blog/article/Using-WaveNet-technology-to-reunite-speech-impaired-users-with-their-original-voices

Project Euphonia, Google Research: https://sites.research.google/euphonia/about/

Nowcasting the next hour of rain, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/nowcasting

Now DeepMind is using AI to transform football, WIRED: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/deepmind-football-liverpool-ai

Advancing sports analytics through AI, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/advancing-sports-analytics-through-ai

MetOffice, BBC: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

The village ‘washed on to the map’, BBC: https:/…

AI for science

16 februari 2022 · 34 min

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Step inside DeepMind's laboratories and you'll find researchers studying DNA to understand the mysteries of life, seeking new ways to use nuclear energy, or putting AI to the test in mind-bending areas of maths. In this episode, Hannah meets Pushmeet Kohli, the head of science at DeepMind, to understand how AI is accelerating scientific progress. Listeners also join Hannah on a [virtual] safari in the Serengeti in East Africa to find out how researchers are using AI to conserve wildlife in one of the world’s most spectacular ecosystems. Lees meer

For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com.

Interviewees: DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, Pushmeet Kohli & Sarah Jane Dunn; Meredith Palmer of the Princeton University

Credits

Presenter: Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Production support: Jill Achineku

Sounds design: Emma Barnaby

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton

Editor: David Prest

Commissioned by DeepMind

Thank you to everyone who made this season possible!

Further reading:

Using AI for scientific discovery, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/AlphaFold-Using-AI-for-scientific-discovery

DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis on its breakthrough scientific discoveries, WIRED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WRow9FqUbw

The AI revolution in scientific research, The Royal Society: https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/ai-and-society/AI-revolution-in-science.pdf

DOE Explains...Tokamaks, Office of Science: https://www.energy.gov/science/doe-explainstokamaks

How AI Accidentally Learned Ecology by Playing StarCraft, Discover: https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/how-ai-accidentally-learned-ecology-by-playing-starcraft

Google AI can identify wildlife from trap-camera footage, VentureBeat:
https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/17/googles-ai-can-identify-wildlife-from-trap-camera-footage-with-up-to-98-6-accuracy/

Snapshot Serengeti, Zooniverse:
https://www.zooniverse.org/proj…

The road to AGI

15 februari 2022 · 33 min

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Hannah meets DeepMind co-founder and chief scientist Shane Legg, the man who coined the phrase ‘artificial general intelligence’, and explores how it might be built. Why does Shane think AGI is possible? When will it be realised? And what could it look like? Hannah also explores a simple theory of using trial and error to reach AGI and takes a deep dive into MuZero, an AI system which mastered complex board games from chess to Go, and is now generalising to solve a range of important tasks in the real world. Lees meer

For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com.

Interviewees: DeepMind’s Shane Legg, Doina Precup, Dave Silver & Jackson Broshear

Credits

Presenter: Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Production support: Jill Achineku

Sounds design: Emma Barnaby

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton

Editor: David Prest

Commissioned by DeepMind

Thank you to everyone who made this season possible!

Further reading:

Real-world challenges for AGI, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/real-world-challenges-for-agi

An executive primer on artificial general intelligence, McKinsey: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/an-executive-primer-on-artificial-general-intelligence

Mastering Go, chess, shogi and Atari without rules, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/muzero-mastering-go-chess-shogi-and-atari-without-rules

What is AGI?, Medium: https://medium.com/intuitionmachine/what-is-agi-99cdb671c88e

A Definition of Machine Intelligence by Shane Legg, arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.3329

Reward is enough by David Silver, ScienceDirect: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0004370221000862

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Let's get physical

8 februari 2022 · 34 min

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Do you need a body to have intelligence? And can one exist without the other? Hannah takes listeners behind the scenes of DeepMind's robotics lab in London where she meets robots that are trying to independently learn new skills, and explores why physical intelligence is a necessary part of intelligence. Along the way, she finds out how researchers trained their robots at home during lockdown, uncovers why so many robotics demonstrations are faking it, and what it takes to train a robotic football team. Lees meer

For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com.

Interviewees: DeepMind’s Raia Hadsell, Viorica Patraucean, Jan Humplik, Akhil Raju & Doina Precup

Credits

Presenter: Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Production support: Jill Achineku

Sounds design: Emma Barnaby

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton

Editor: David Prest

Commissioned by DeepMind

Thank you to everyone who made this season possible!

Further reading:

Stacking our way to more general robots, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/stacking-our-way-to-more-general-robots

Researchers Propose Physical AI As Key To Lifelike Robots, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/11/11/researchers-propose-physical-ai-as-key-to-lifelike-robots/

The robots going where no human can, BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-41584738

The Robot Assault On Fukushima, WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/fukushima-robot-cleanup/

Leaps, Bounds, and Backflips, Boston Dynamics: http://blog.bostondynamics.com/atlas-leaps-bounds-and-backflips

Now DeepMind is using AI to transform football, WIRED:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/deepmind-football-liverpool-ai

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Better together

1 februari 2022 · 35 min

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Cooperation is at the heart of our society. Inventing the railway, giving birth to the Renaissance, and creating the Covid-19 vaccine all required people to combine efforts. But cooperation is so much more. It governs our education systems, healthcare, and food production. In this episode, Hannah meets the researchers working on cooperative AI, and hears about their work and influences from the famous American psychologist - and pigeon trainer - BF Skinner to the strategic board game Diplomacy. Lees meer

For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com

Interviewees: DeepMind’s Thore Graepel, Kevin Mckee, Doina Precup & Laura Weidinger

Credits

Presenter: Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Production support: Jill Achineku

Sounds design: Emma Barnaby

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton

Editor: David Prest

Commissioned by DeepMind

Thank you to everyone who made this season possible!

Further reading:

Machines must learn to find common ground, Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01170-0

Introduction to Reinforcement Learning, DeepMind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pWv7GOvuf0

B.F. Skinner, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner

The Tragedy of the Commons, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

Staving Off The Ultimate Tragedy Of The Commons, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgebradt/2021/11/02/staving-off-the-ultimate-tragedy-of-the-commons-by-making-better-complex-decisions-cooperatively-in-glasgow/

Understanding Agent Cooperation, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/understanding-agent-cooperation

The emergence of complex cooperative agents, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/capture-the-flag-science

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Speaking of intelligence

25 januari 2022 · 38 min

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Hannah explores the potential of language models, the questions they raise, and if teaching a computer about language is enough to create artificial general intelligence (AGI). Beyond helping us communicate ideas, language plays a crucial role in memory, cooperation, and thinking – which is why AI researchers have long aimed to communicate with computers using natural language. Recently, there has been extraordinary progress using large-language models (LLM), which learn how to speak by processing huge amounts of data from the internet. The results can be very convincing, but pose significant ethical challenges. Lees meer

For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com.

Interviewees: DeepMind’s Geoffrey Irving, Chris Dyer, Angeliki Lazaridou, Lisa-Anne Hendriks & Laura Weidinger

Credits

Presenter: Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Production support: Jill Achineku

Sounds design: Emma Barnaby

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton

Editor: David Prest

Commissioned by DeepMind

Thank you to everyone who made this season possible!

Further reading:

GPT-3 Powers the Next Generation of Apps, OpenAI: https://openai.com/blog/gpt-3-apps/

https://web.stanford.edu/class/linguist238/p36-weizenabaum.pdf

Never Mind the Computer 1983 about the ELIZA program, BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p023kpf8

How Large Language Models Will Transform Science, Society, and AI, Stanford University: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/how-large-language-models-will-transform-science-society-and-ai

Challenges in Detoxifying Language Models, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/research/publications/2021/Challenges-in-Detoxifying-Language-Models

Extending Machine Language Models toward Human-Level Language Understanding, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/research/publications/2020/Extending-Machine-Language-Models-toward-Human-Level-Language-Understanding

Language modelling at scale, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/b…

A breakthrough unfolds

25 januari 2022 · 39 min

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In December 2019, DeepMind’s AI system, AlphaFold, solved a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology, known as the protein-folding problem. A headline in the journal Nature read, “It will change everything” and the President of the UK's Royal Society called it a “stunning advance [that arrived] decades before many in the field would have predicted”. In this episode, Hannah uncovers the inside story of AlphaFold from the people who made it happen and finds out how it could help transform the future of healthcare and medicine. Lees meer

For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com.

Interviewees: DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, Kathryn Tunyasunakool and Sasha Brown; Charles Mowbray and Monique Wasuna of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi]) & John McGeehan of the Centre for Enzyme Innovation at the University of Portsmouth

Credits

Presenter: Hannah Fry

Series Producer: Dan Hardoon

Production support: Jill Achineku

Sounds design: Emma Barnaby

Music composition: Eleni Shaw

Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton

Editor: David Prest

Commissioned by DeepMind

Thank you to everyone who made this season possible!

Further reading:

AlphaFold blog, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology

AlphaFold case study, DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/research/case-studies/alphafold

It will change everything, Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03348-4

AlphaFold Is The Most Important Achievement In AI—Ever, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2021/10/03/alphafold-is-the-most-important-achievement-in-ai-ever/?sh=359278426e0a

Bacteria found to eat PET plastics, NewScientist: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2080279-bacteria-found-to-eat-pet-plastics-could-help-do-the-recycling/

Protein Structure Prediction Center: https://predictioncenter.org/

An interview with Professor John McGeehan, BBSRC: https://bbsrc.ukri.org/ne…

DeepMind: The Podcast with Hannah Fry – Season 2 coming soon!

10 januari 2022 · 3 min

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The chart-topping podcast which uncovers the extraordinary ways artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our world is back for a second season. Join mathematician and broadcaster Professor Hannah Fry behind the scenes of world-leading AI research lab DeepMind to get the inside story of how AI is being created – and how it can benefit our lives and the society we live in. Lees meer

Recorded over six months and featuring over 30 original interviews, including DeepMind co-founders Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg, the podcast gives listeners exclusive access to the brilliant people building the technology of the future. Throughout nine original episodes, Hannah discovers how DeepMind is using AI to advance science in critical areas, like solving a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology and developing nuclear fusion.

Listeners hear stories of teaching robots to walk at home during lockdown, as well as using AI to forecast weather, help people regain their voices, and enhance game strategies with Liverpool Football Club. Hannah also takes an in-depth look at the challenges and potential of building artificial general intelligence (AGI) and explores what it takes to ensure AI is built to benefit society.

“I hope this series gives people a better understanding of AI and a feeling for just how exhilarating an endeavour it is.” – Demis Hassabis, CEO and Co-Founder of DeepMind

For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com.

Credits
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Series Producer: Dan Hardoon
Production support: Jill Achineku
Sounds design: Emma Barnaby
Music composition: Eleni Shaw
Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton
Editor: David Prest
Commissioned by DeepMind

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Demis Hassabis: The interview

17 september 2019 · 37 min

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In this special extended episode, Hannah Fry meets Demis Hassabis, the CEO and co-founder of DeepMind. She digs into his former life as a chess player, games designer and neuroscientist and explores how his love of chess helped him to get start-up funding, what drives him and his vision, and why AI keeps him up at night. Lees meer

If you have a question or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter (@DeepMind using the hashtag #DMpodcast) or email us at podcast@deepmind.com.

Further reading:

Wired: Inside DeepMind's epic mission to solve science's trickiest problem

Quanta magazine: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Science

Demis Hassabis: A systems neuroscience approach to building AGI. Talk at the 2010 Singularity Summit

Demis Hassabis: The power of self-learning systems. Talk at MIT 2019

Demis Hassabis: Talk on Creativity and AI

Financial Times: The mind in the machine: Demis Hassabis on artificial intelligence (2017)

The Times: Interview with Demis Hassabis

The Economist Babbage podcast: DeepMind Games

Interview with Demis Hassabis from the book Game Changer, which also features an introduction from Demis

Interviewees: Deepmind CEO and co-founder, Demis Hassabis

Credits:
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Editor: David Prest
Senior Producer: Louisa Field
Producers: Amy Racs, Dan Hardoon
Binaural Sound: Lucinda Mason-Brown
Music composition: Eleni Shaw (with help from Sander Dieleman and WaveNet)
Commissioned by DeepMind

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Towards the future

10 september 2019 · 26 min

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AI researchers around the world are trying to create a general purpose learning system that can learn to solve a broad range of problems without being taught how. Koray Kavukcuoglu, DeepMind’s Director of Research, describes the journey to get there, and takes Hannah on a whistle-stop tour of DeepMind’s HQ and its research. Lees meer

If you have a question or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter (@DeepMind using the hashtag #DMpodcast) or email us at podcast@deepmind.com.

Further reading:
OpenAI: An overview of neural networks and the progress that has been made in AI
Shane Legg, DeepMind co-founder: Measuring machine intelligence at the 2010 Singularity Summit
Shane Legg and Marcus Hutter: Paper on defining machine intelligence
Demis Hassabis: Talk on the history, frontiers and capabilities of AI
Robert Wiblin: Positively shaping the development of artificial intelligence
Asilomar AI Principles
Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto: Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction

Interviewees: Koray Kavukcuoglu, Director of Research; Trevor Back, Product Manager for DeepMind’s science research; research scientists Raia Hadsell and Murray Shanahan; and DeepMind CEO and co-founder, Demis Hassabis.

Credits:
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Editor: David Prest
Senior Producer: Louisa Field
Producers: Amy Racs, Dan Hardoon
Binaural Sound: Lucinda Mason-Brown
Music composition: Eleni Shaw (with help from Sander Dieleman and WaveNet)
Commissioned by DeepMind

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AI for everyone

3 september 2019 · 29 min

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While there is a lot of excitement about AI research, there are also concerns about the way it might be implemented, used and abused. In this episode Hannah investigates the more human side of the technology, some ethical issues around how it is developed and used, and the efforts to create a future of AI that works for everyone. Lees meer

If you have a question or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter (@DeepMind using the hashtag #DMpodcast) or email us at podcast@deepmind.com.

Further reading:

The Partnership on AI

ProPublica: investigation into machine bias in criminal sentencing

Science Museum – free exhibition: Driverless: who is in control (until Oct 2020)

Survival of the best fit: An interactive game that demonstrates some of the ways in which bias can be introduced into AI systems, in this case for hiring

Joy Buolamwini: AI, Ain’t I a Woman: A spoken word piece exploring AI bias, and systems not recognising prominent black women

Hannah Fry: Hello World - How to be Human in the Age of the Machine

DeepMind: Safety and Ethics

Future of Humanity Institute: AI Governance:A Research Agenda

Interviewees: Verity Harding, Co-Lead of DeepMind Ethics and Society; DeepMind’s COO Lila Ibrahim, and research scientists William Isaac and Silvia Chiappa.

Credits:
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Editor: David Prest
Senior Producer: Louisa Field
Producers: Amy Racs, Dan Hardoon
Binaural Sound: Lucinda Mason-Brown
Music composition: Eleni Shaw (with help from Sander Dieleman and WaveNet)
Commissioned by DeepMind

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Out of the lab

27 augustus 2019 · 31 min

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The ambition of much of AI research is to create systems that can help to solve problems in the real world. In this episode, Hannah meets the people building systems that could be used to save the sight of thousands, help us solve one of the most fundamental problems in biology and reduce energy consumption in an effort to combat climate change. But whilst there is great potential, there are also important obstacles that will need to be tackled for AI to be used effectively, safely and fairly. Lees meer

If you have a question or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter (@DeepMind using the hashtag #DMpodcast) or email us at podcast@deepmind.com.

Further reading:

Wired: Inside DeepMind's epic mission to solve science's trickiest problem

DeepMind blogs on the partnership with Moorfields NHS eye hospital and predicting eye disease, and Moorfields’ news announcement on its research with DeepMind

DeepMind blog: AlphaFold: Using AI for scientific discovery

DeepMind blogs on reducing Google’s energy bill for datacentre cooling and how this project has progressed

Research paper: Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning

Quanta magazine: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Science

DeepMind blog: How evolutionary selection can train more capable self-driving cars

Other examples of the application of AI for real-world impact include:

Francis Crick Institute: machine learning models that can help predict heart disease

NASA: AUDREY machine learning system to better guide first responders through fires

University of Southern California: Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security using AI to help wildlife conservation

Interviewees: Pearse Keane, consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital; Sandy Nelson, Product Manager for DeepMind’s Science Program; and DeepMind Program Manager Sims Witherspoon.

Credits:
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Editor: David Prest
Senior Producer: Louisa Field
Producers: Amy Racs, Dan Hardoon
Binaural Sound: Lucinda Mason-Brown
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AI, Robot

20 augustus 2019 · 33 min

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Forget what sci-fi has told you about superintelligent robots that are uncannily human-like; the reality is more prosaic. Inside DeepMind’s robotics laboratory, Hannah explores what researchers call ‘embodied AI’: robot arms that are learning tasks like picking up plastic bricks, which humans find comparatively easy. Discover the cutting-edge challenges of bringing AI and robotics together, and learning from scratch how to perform tasks. She also explores some of the key questions about using AI safely in the real world. Lees meer

If you have a question or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter (@DeepMind using the hashtag #DMpodcast) or email us at podcast@deepmind.com.

Further reading:

Blogs on AI safety and further resources from Victoria Krakovna

The Future of Life Institute: The risks and benefits of AI

The Wall Street Journal: Protecting Against AI’s Existential Threat

TED Talks: Max Tegmark - How to get empowered, not overpowered, by AI

Royal Society lecture series sponsored by DeepMind: You & AI

Nick Bostrom: Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers and Strategies (book)

OpenAI: Learning from Human Preferences

DeepMind blog: Learning from human preferences

DeepMind blog: Learning by playing - how robots can tidy up after themselves

DeepMind blog: AI safety

Interviewees: Software engineer Jackie Kay and research scientists Murray Shanahan, Victoria Krakovna, Raia Hadsell and Jan Leike.

Credits:
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Editor: David Prest
Senior Producer: Louisa Field
Producers: Amy Racs, Dan Hardoon
Binaural Sound: Lucinda Mason-Brown
Music composition: Eleni Shaw (with help from Sander Dieleman and WaveNet)
Commissioned by DeepMind

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Life is like a game

20 augustus 2019 · 27 min

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Video games have become a favourite tool for AI researchers to test the abilities of their systems. In this episode, Hannah sits down to play StarCraft II - a challenging video game that requires players to control the onscreen action with as many as 800 clicks a minute. She is guided by Oriol Vinyals, an ex-professional StarCraft player and research scientist at DeepMind, who explains how the program AlphaStar learnt to play the game and beat a top professional player. Elsewhere, she explores systems that are learning to cooperate in a digital version of the playground favourite ‘Capture the Flag’. Lees meer

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Further reading

The Economist: Why AI researchers like video games

DeepMind blogs: Capture the Flag and Alphastar

Professional StarCraft II player MaNa gives his impressions of AlphaStar and DeepMind

Open AI’s work on Dota 2

The New York Times: DeepMind can now beat us at multiplayer games, too

Royal Society: Machine Learning resources

DeepMind: The Inside Story of AlphaStar

Andrej Karpathy: Deep Reinforcement Learning: Pong from Pixels

Interviewees: Research scientists Max Jaderberg and Raia Hadsell; Lead researchers David Silver and Oriol Vinyals, and Director of Research Koray Kavukcuoglu.

Credits:
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Editor: David Prest
Senior Producer: Louisa Field
Producers: Amy Racs, Dan Hardoon
Binaural Sound: Lucinda Mason-Brown
Music composition: Eleni Shaw (with help from Sander Dieleman and WaveNet)
Commissioned by DeepMind

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Go to Zero

20 augustus 2019 · 26 min

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In March 2016, more than 200 million people watched AlphaGo become first computer program to defeat a professional human player at the game of Go, a milestone in AI research that was considered to be a decade ahead of its time. Since then the team has continued to develop the system and recently unveiled AlphaZero: a program that has taught itself how to play chess, Go, and shogi. Hannah explores the inside story of both with Lead Researcher David Silver and finds out why games are a useful proving ground for AI researchers. She also meets Chess Grandmaster Matthew Sadler and women’s international master Natasha Regan, who have written a book on AlphaZero and its unique gameplay. Lees meer

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Further reading

AlphaGo the documentary

The Surrounding Game: Documentary about the ancient game of Go

DeepMind website: AlphaGo

Garry Kasparov: Deep Thinking

AI: More than Human - Exhibition at the Barbican Centre, 2019 and online exhibit

DeepMind blog: AlphaZero: Shedding new light on chess, shogi, and Go

Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan: Game Changer - a book about chess and AI

WIRED: What the AI behind AlphaGo can teach us about being human

Interviewees: DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Matthew Sadler, chess Grandmaster; Lead Researcher David Silver, Matt Botvinick, Director of Neuroscience Research; and Natasha Regan, women’s international chess master.

Credits:
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Editor: David Prest
Senior Producer: Louisa Field
Producers: Amy Racs, Dan Hardoon
Binaural Sound: Lucinda Mason-Brown
Music composition: Eleni Shaw (with help from Sander Dieleman and WaveNet)
Commissioned by DeepMind

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