Google DeepMind boss Sir Demis Hassabis and his colleague Dr John Jumper, as well as the US' Dr David Baker, have just won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for their work in artificial intelligence and biology.
'I don't think the committee had our phone numbers,' said Sir Demis Hassabis. He found out he'd won the Nobel Prize for chemistry - but the Swedish awards committee had a hard job letting him know. They ended up phoning Sir Hassabis' wife on Microsoft Teams, who was working and repeatedly ignored them. 'Eventually about the third or fourth call, she decided to answer it,' he said.
' Dr Jumper is 39 years old, making him the youngest chemistry laureate in 70 years. 'After I told my wife, 'Well, not this year', I got a phone call from Sweden and it was… exceptional and unbelievable. 'The look on my wife's face was my favourite part… Other than getting the Nobel Prize.
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