Some highlights: • Since DeepMind’s foundation in 2010, the constrained yet rich worlds of games have played a critical role in understanding intelligence • the spirit of exploration that succeeded in games had profound impacts for other AI systems: AlphaFold applied these foundations to help solve the 50-year grand challenge of protein structure prediction • For AI research, this is a golden opportunity... demands precisely the capabilities we believe are essential for frontier AI: • Continual learning • Memory • Long horizon planning • Complex multi-agent dynamics • Games have always been a mirror for intelligence @demishassabis @amoufarek @GoogleDeepMind get it.

we get asked a lot, why AI & games? I love games Some test strategy, others humor, speed, trust. Simple rules lead to the craziest situations. There's nowhere to hide, will you win or lose? To win any game you need to be right, often. AI is entering its rebellious teen era It's now extremely capable, but lacking: Judgement 〜 to wield that power responsibly Wisdom 〜 to know when it's mistaken Trust 〜 built through reliability and understanding Games will help us measure and improve those capabilities. They'll put what AI can do on display; in a human, interpretable way. Provide a space for it to learn alongside us. And eventually will teach AI how to find its way to the right decision every time (or know when it can't). No matter what environment you put it in. & @goodstartlabs will lead the way. Join us! More of our thoughts ahead of some September releases 👀 below: