“The DeepMind researchers also contend that, contrary to some critics’ claims, the Nature paper was reproducible, as demonstrated by the fact that multiple groups have since made their own versions of AlphaFold3 based on the pseudocode. AI-focused companies such as Baidu, Ligo Biosciences, and Chai Discovery have already released the results of such efforts.These alternative “implementations” will likely still be useful, even with AlphaFold3’s code now released, notes Daniel Buchan, a bioinformatics researcher at University College London. For one thing, “It’s good and important that methods can be replicated,” he says. Comparing and contrasting the models will likely lead to improvements in the future, Wankowicz adds.”
Source : Google DeepMind releases code behind its most advanced protein prediction program | Science | AAAS
