Yossi Matias on the golden age of research
About this episode
Yossi Matias discusses the impact of research at Google and various AI tools for scientific discovery.
Yossi Matias, Vice President at Google and Head of Google Research, joins host Logan Kilpatrick for a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to do research at Google scale. Their conversation explores the "magic cycle” of research from breakthrough to real-world impact across flood forecasting, MedGemma, and the just-launched Gemini for Science. Learn more about AI tools for scientific discovery including Co-Scientist and Empirical Research Assistance (ERA), and topics like speculative decoding, generative UI, and quantum computing milestones including the Willow chip. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPBwadTeph0&t=1s
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