AI presents a possibility to construct a more prosperous and secure world.
The UK has already laid a powerful foundation to seize this moment and is uniquely positioned to translate AI innovation into public profit. That’s why we’re excited to deepen our collaboration with the UK government to speed up this work and offer a blueprint for other countries.
Together we are going to concentrate on using AI to hurry up progress in science and education, modernize public services and advance national security and resilience.
Accelerating access to frontier AI in key sectors: Science & Education
Our partnership will center on providing access to frontier AI in two areas foundational to the UK’s long-term success: scientific discovery and education.
The UK has a wealthy history of applying recent technologies to drive scientific progress, from Hooke’s microscope to Faraday’s electrical experiments. We aim to construct on this heritage, and empower the subsequent generation of scientists with AI tools that may unlock breakthroughs, transform the economy, and solve a few of the most important challenges facing humanity. We’ll provide priority access to our “AI for Science” models to UK scientists, including:
- AlphaEvolve – a Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms
- AlphaGenome – an AI model to assist scientists higher understand our DNA
- AI co-scientist – a multi-agent AI system that acts as a virtual scientific collaborator
- WeatherNext – a family of state-of-the-art weather forecasting models
Just like the microscope or telescope, these AI tools are designed to boost scientific capability, enabling researchers to tackle problems of unprecedented complexity and scale. For instance, AlphaFold – our AI system for predicting protein structures – has already enabled almost 190,000 researchers within the UK alone to deepen their understanding of areas akin to crop resilience, antimicrobial resistance and other critical biological challenges.
Establishing Google DeepMind’s first automated science laboratory within the UK
To assist turbocharge scientific discovery, we are going to establish Google DeepMind’s first automated laboratory within the UK in 2026, specifically focused on materials science research. A multidisciplinary team of researchers will oversee research within the lab, which might be built from the bottom as much as be fully integrated with Gemini. By directing world-class robotics to synthesize and characterize a whole lot of materials per day, the team intends to significantly shorten the timeline for identifying transformative recent materials.
Discovering recent materials is probably the most necessary pursuits in science, offering the potential to cut back costs and enable entirely recent technologies. For instance, superconductors that operate at ambient temperature and pressure could allow for low price medical imaging and reduce power loss in electrical grids. Other novel materials could help us tackle critical energy challenges by unlocking advanced batteries, next-generation solar cells and more efficient computer chips.
