By Lizzie Dorfman
Publication Date: 2026-02-02 00:00:00
Understanding the biological picture of life
For more than a decade, Google researchers have been developing AI technology to help scientists achieve what once seemed impossible: from predicting floods to mapping the connections in the human brain. Sequencing the very first human genome took thirteen years and cost $3 billion. Now we can sequence people, animals, and plants in a matter of days, for a few thousand dollars, and with outstanding accuracy. Google-developed AI tools like DeepPolisher, DeepVariant, and DeepConsensus have played an important role in these improvements, and what once felt like a moonshot is within reach: a comprehensive catalog that synthesizes a complete biological picture of life and transforms science as we know it.
The technologies we develop at Google have the greatest impact when scientists use them to solve real-world problems. To further the important mission of the Vertebrate Genome Lab and the Earth BioGenome Project, Google.org recently named The Rockefeller…
