“Google DeepMind has used chatbot models to come up with solutions to major problems in mathematics and computer science.

The system, called AlphaEvolve, combines the creativity of a large language model (LLM) with algorithms that can scrutinize the model’s suggestions to filter and improve solutions. It was described in a white paper released by the company on 14 May…

As well as using the system to discover solutions to open maths problems, DeepMind has already applied the artificial intelligence (AI) technique to its own practical challenges, says Pushmeet Kohli, head of science at the firm in London.

AlphaEvolve has helped to improve the design of the company’s next generation of tensor processing units — computing chips developed specially for AI — and has found a way to more efficiently exploit Google’s worldwide computing capacity, saving 0.7% of total resources.”

From Nature.