据两位直接知情人士和一份证券文件消息，谷歌公司DeepMind的三位研究人员近日离职创办了自己的人工智能初创公司Uncharted Labs。这几位位于纽约的创始人已经筹集到1000万美元筹款目标中的850万美元，最近几个月他们还会见了包括风投a16z创始人安德森·霍洛维茨在内的潜在投资者。
据悉，这三名离职的DeepMind研究人员分别是Amos Posner、Joseph Sifre和Michael Sharkey。他们在DeepMind工作期间，共同开发了一种名为AlphaFold的人工智能技术，该技术能够在短时间内预测蛋白质的三维结构，为药物设计和疾病研究提供了新的可能性。
Uncharted Labs成立于2019年，旨在将AlphaFold等技术应用于医疗、气候科学和其他领域。该公司表示，其目标是“通过解决最紧迫的问题来改变世界”。
这次离职对于DeepMind来说无疑是一次重大打击。DeepMind是谷歌旗下的一家人工智能研究机构，曾经在多个领域取得了重要突破，如围棋、语音识别等。然而，近年来，DeepMind在人员流动方面一直较为频繁，不少核心成员都选择了离开。此次三位研究人员的离职，也让外界开始关注DeepMind的未来发展。
不过，值得注意的是，谷歌并未对此事做出官方回应。有分析认为，谷歌可能会加大对DeepMind的支持力度，以保持其在全球人工智能领域的领先地位。
英语如下：
Title: Google DeepMind Researcher Quits to Found AI Startup, Raises $8.5 Million
Keywords: Google, DeepMind, Quit
The news: Three researchers from Google’s DeepMind have left the company to start their own artificial intelligence startup, Uncharted Labs. The founders, located in New York, have raised $8.5 million out of a $10 million goal, and they have met with potential investors in recent months, including Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Adam Anderson.
The three departing DeepMind researchers are Amos Posner, Joseph Sifre, and Michael Sharkey. While at DeepMind, they developed a type of artificial intelligence called AlphaFold that can predict protein structures in a short amount of time, opening up new possibilities for drug design and disease research.
Uncharted Labs was founded in 2019 with the aim of applying technologies like AlphaFold to healthcare, climate science, and other fields. The company says its goal is “to change the world by solving the most pressing problems.”
The departure is undoubtedly a major blow to DeepMind, which is a research institute within Google focused on artificial intelligence and has made significant breakthroughs in areas such as Go and speech recognition. In recent years, however, DeepMind has been relatively frequent in terms of personnel turnover, with many core members choosing to leave. The departure of these three researchers has also raised questions about DeepMind’s future development.
It’s worth noting that Google has not officially responded to this matter. Some analysts believe that Google may increase its support for DeepMind in order to maintain its leading position in the global artificial intelligence field.
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