Google reveals AI agent for science

👋 Good morning/evening (wherever you are). It’s Wednesday.

Google DeepMind pulled back the curtain on their AI coding agent called AlphaEvolve.

Here’s an excerpt that will blow your mind:

To investigate AlphaEvolve’s breadth, we applied the system to over 50 open problems in mathematical analysis, geometry, combinatorics and number theory. The system’s flexibility enabled us to set up most experiments in a matter of hours. In roughly 75% of cases, it rediscovered state-of-the-art solutions, to the best of our knowledge.

And in 20% of cases, AlphaEvolve improved the previously best known solutions, making progress on the corresponding open problems. For example, it advanced the kissing number problem. This geometric challenge has fascinated mathematicians for over 300 years and concerns the maximum number of non-overlapping spheres that touch a common unit sphere. AlphaEvolve discovered a configuration of 593 outer spheres and established a new lower bound in 11 dimensions.

Still not convinced?

One algorithm it discovered has been powering Borg, Google’s massive cluster management system. This scheduling heuristic recovers an average of 0.7% of Google’s worldwide computing resources continuously — a staggering efficiency gain at Google’s scale.

Switching gears:

Check out this AI video I shared on LinkedIn — it’s a pretty cool Redbull spec ad. Sure, it’s not perfect, but imagine the quality a year from now.

If you’re an artist, start building an AI portfolio now. I’m convinced solo creators who master this will land 6-figure deals (or more) within the next few years as part of the top 1%.

OK let’s keep going ↓

Here’s what you should know:

• OpenAI launched the Safety evaluations hub

  This hub provides access to safety evaluation results for OpenAI’s models.

• SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton published an open letter

  Soundcloud changes terms of use to reflect its AI policies.

• Stability AI has released Stable Audio Open Small

  Stable Audio Open Small is optimized for generating short audio samples, sound effects and production elements using text prompts. It is well suited for creating drum loops, foley, instrument riffs, and ambient textures.

• Perplexity partners with PayPal

  Perplexity announced that it has partnered with PayPal to power agentic commerce across its Perplexity Pro platform. Starting this summer in the U.S., consumers can check out instantly with PayPal or Venmo when they ask Perplexity to find products, book travel, or buy tickets.

• Brilliant Pictures and Largo.ai strike partnership

  London and Rome-based sales outfit Brilliant Pictures has formed a strategic partnership with Largo.ai – the Lausanne-headquartered AI-solutions company with backing from Sylvester Stallone – to create what the companies have described as “the first ever fully AI-automated film sales, production and finance company”.

• Upstart’s first ‘AI Day’ Investor Event

  If you haven’t heard, Upstart now pitches themselves as “the leading artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace”.

• Eazy-E to be resurrected by his son with the help of AI

  Speaking to TMZ, the rap legend’s son, Lil Eazy-E revealed there were a number of projects in the works that would use his father’s voice and likeness thanks to AI.

• Google Cloud announces first-of-its-kind GenAI leader certification

  Registration fee: $99

The numbers:

• Super Micro has secured a multi-year, $20 billion partnership with Saudi data center developer DataVolt to deliver AI infrastructure across Saudi Arabia and the U.S.

• Databricks is acquiring Neon for $1 billion, an open-source database startup focused on boosting AI agent development.

• TensorWave has raised $100 million in a funding round led by Magnetar and AMD Ventures, bringing its total capital raised to $146.7 million as it expands its AMD-powered data center infrastructure.

• Arrive AI, an autonomous delivery network company, will list on Nasdaq under the symbol ARAI on May 15, 2025, after raising $52 million through crowdfunding and an institutional investor.

• Openlayer raised $14.5 million in a Series A led by Race Capital to scale its enterprise AI governance platform.

Thought starters:

• Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon

• Klarna CEO says AI helped company shrink workforce by 40%

Meme of the day:

Thanks for reading,

Eddie

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