Summary
DeepMind's AlphaFold software can predict the structure of proteins. The software was developed by Google's AI division, which released Alpha Fold in 2021. The new version of the software is much more computationally efficient. The original AlphaFolds could only predict some protein-protein interactions.
DeepMind's AlphaFold 3 software can predict the structure of proteins complexed with other molecules. The software can also predict interactions between proteins and antibodies that recognize them. The team found that most hallucinations were labeled as low-confidence predictions, allowing them to be at least identified.
These same sorts of interactions are also key to drug development. If you know what the complex between a protein and signaling molecule looks like, it makes it far easier to develop molecules that disrupt that interaction. You could also potentially test the strength of interactions between potential drugs identified this way and the proteins they target.
