this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2026
195 points (99.5% liked)

Technology

86699 readers
3924 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
195
Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini (www.engadget.com)
submitted 4 hours ago by JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 88 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The cost in preventable deaths, had we been continuing protein research instead of pouring the world’s resources into a fancy autocorrect, is incalculable.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 27 minutes ago)

Honestly they could’ve pointed AI at this problem to try and rack up at least some positive AI press coverage