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AI is having its ‘physics moment’, says this Microsoft leader

Today, AI stands on the threshold of its own golden age, says Ade Famoti, who leads research efforts at Microsoft to spot the next big innovations. Cutting-edge AI models are pushing the frontiers of science. They are accelerating the discovery of new drugs and therapeutics, generating new insights into the building blocks of life itself and developing new materials that will fuel the energy transition

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