Sou Hu Cai Jing·2026-02-23 04:17Core Insights - Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind, predicts a new era of discovery and a renaissance in the next 10 to 15 years, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) [2] - AI is expected to revolutionize medicine through personalized treatments and breakthroughs in energy solutions, enabling interstellar exploration [2] - Google faces a critical turning point with the rise of generative AI, necessitating a self-disruption to maintain its competitive edge [3] Company Restructuring - In response to competition from OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google underwent a significant internal restructuring, merging its research divisions Google Brain and DeepMind under Hassabis's leadership [3] - The integration aims to leverage the strengths of both teams and enhance the computational capabilities required for training advanced models like Gemini [3] - Following the release of models such as Gemini 3 and Nano Banana, Alphabet's stock surged approximately 65% by the end of the year, indicating the success of the restructuring strategy [3] AI in Biology - Hassabis highlights the application of AI in biology as foundational for the new era, citing DeepMind's AlphaFold model, which addresses the protein folding problem and predicts the 3D structures of over 200 million proteins [4] - AlphaFold has been utilized by over 3 million researchers and has contributed to Hassabis receiving the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [4] - Isomorphic Labs, a subsidiary of Google, is applying AlphaFold technology to drug development, aiming to enhance efficiency by 1000 times through computer simulations [4] Future Aspirations - Hassabis emphasizes that the challenging schedule and company restructuring are necessary steps toward achieving the ultimate goal of solving intelligence and leveraging it to address other global issues [5] - The next decade is anticipated to be a period of significant technological transformation, but Hassabis remains confident in the long-term vision of utilizing intelligence to tackle various challenges, potentially including space exploration [5]