Google's AI Discovers 2.2 Million New Materials in Breakthrough That Validates 736 Lab Creations

Google DeepMind's AI discovers 2.2 million new crystal materials in a breakthrough equivalent to 800 years of traditional research, with 736 predictions already validated in laboratories and promising revolutionary advances in superconductors, batteries, and electric vehicle technology.

• Google DeepMind's GNoME AI tool discovers 2.2 million new crystal materials, with 380,000 being stable candidates for experimental synthesis, equivalent to 800 years of traditional research
• External researchers have independently created 736 of GNoME's predicted materials in laboratories, validating the AI model's accuracy which improved discovery rates from 50% to 80%
• The discovered materials include 52,000 layered compounds similar to graphene and 528 potential lithium ion conductors that could revolutionize superconductors, batteries, and electric vehicle technology